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Learning Figurative LanguageGrades: 6-7Overview:Teaching ELL students the concept of figurative language and learning figures of speech. Specifically we will talk about personification.Description of Learners:6th and 7th graders who are all Hispanic. 30% are ELL students. Intended Learning Goals:The goal of this lesson is to teach students the meaning of figurative language and learn some figures of speech. Lesson Content:Using an instructional PowerPoint and an activity to teach students about personification. Learning Objectives:Without using reference materials, students will be able to identify personifications in writing without error.Without using reference materials, students will be able to create their own personifications without error.Standards:California Common Core State Standard 5A for 6th and 7th grade.Required Materials:Powerpoint presentation about personification (link attached)e-boardsLyrics to a few songs with personification (examples in procedure) and their YouTube Videos (attached)Worksheets for assessment (attached)Index cards for exit ticketsProcedures:Start lesson with a class discussion about what the students think personification means. Give the word in Spanish “Personificación”Ask the students to try and break down the word. Break down the word and talk about “Person” and “-fication” Talk about how “-fication” means making or causing somethingThe combination of these two things is literally “person- making” and by extension “making person-like”Describe how personifications give human-like qualities to non-human objects or animals.Give examples of personification.Present the examples on a powerpoint.The personification will appear underlined/highlighted after the teacher briefly discusses the answer with students.Then, have students find a couple on their own by presenting personifications that are not highlighted/underlined.Pair up all students, making sure to pair ELL students with students who are proficient in English and Spanish.Have pairs work together to decide what they think the personifications are within the sentences given. Encourage using Spanish if necessary for understanding.Have volunteer groups underline/highlight on the e-board and explain out loud the real meaning of the personification for each example.Play a few snippets of songs that use personifications. Some examples would be “Live Like We’re Dying” by Kris Allen, “Firework” by Katy Perry, and “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum. Print out the lyrics and have kids listen to the song and highlight the personification. This is real world application to personification. Assess students by using exit tickets. Give each student one index card and have them write in their own words what a personification is and give an example from class or make up their own. Evaluate each exit ticket and from there the teacher can determine the student’s level of understanding of personifications.Assessment:After teaching the lesson, students will complete the worksheet as an assessment. Each question will count as one point.References and Reference Materials:Standards: created by Lily Stanton: Videos:“Firework”: “Live Like We’re Dying”: “Need You Now”: : Iddings, A. C. D., Risko, V. J. & Rampulla, M. P. (2009). When You Don't Speak Their Language: Guiding English-Language Learners Through Conversations About Text. The Reading Teacher, 63, 52–61. doi: 10.1598/RT.63.1.5This article is the about the experience a teacher had with teaching ELL students. He uses several different techniques to help the students comprehend reading in English. This teacher uses Curious George books because they use good descriptions and he had read that it was helpful for ELL students to read multiple texts with the same characters and basic ideas. He uses several different methods to help his students understand the text. Two ideas we incorporated on our lesson plan were letting the students help each other and encouraging them to depend their understanding using their first language, Spanish. The article states that when students help each other, it helps them develop not only their English, but their Spanish as well. Also, encouraging them to use Spanish helps them to deepen their understanding of what they are learning.Zheng, D., Young, M. F., Brewer, R. A., & Wagner, M. (2009). Attitude and Self-Efficacy Change: English Language Learning in Virtual Worlds. CALICO Journal, 27. Retrieved from This article explored how technology can help ELLs become more confident and comfortable in learning English. It discovered that ELLs that participated in a 3D-like virtual world game on the Internet rated themselves higher in self-efficacy in learning more advanced English and toward communication via technology. This article helped with the development of our lesson plan because we learned that using English along with technology helps the ELLs to feel more comfortable and confident in their abilities to speak and understand English.Explain the PersonificationPersonification is a figurative element that attributes human thoughts, actions, characteristics or emotions to something that is not human.EX: The sad clouds were ready to spill their tears upon the funeral procession. Clouds cannot be sad, nor do they have tears.Part I. Simple SentencesIdentify and explain the meaning of the personification in the sentences below.1) The feathers danced in the wind. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________2) The clock chimed an anxious warning at a quarter to midnight, alerting the children that the deadline had almost arrived. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3) The flies buzzed with regret as the lion shook its head. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4) The night was sullen and angry; it became darker with each step Maria took. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II. In LiteratureRead the following passage from “O! Pioneers” by Willa Cather. Write three examples of the use of personification.“We hadn’t any of us much to do with it, Carl. The land did it. It had its little joke. It pretended to be poor because nobody knew how to work it right; and then, all at once, it worked itself. It woke up out of its sleep and stretched itself, and it was so big, so rich, that we suddenly found we were rich, just from sitting still.”1)______________________________________________________________2)______________________________________________________________3)______________________________________________________________Personification in Song LyricsDirections: Highlight or underline the personification in each of the songs given.“Live Like We’re Dying” by Kris AllenSometimes we fall down, can't get back upWe're hiding behind skin that's too toughHow come we don't say I love you enoughTill it's too late, it's not too lateOur hearts are hungry for a food that won't comeAnd we could make a feast from these crumbsAnd we're all staring down the barrel of a gunSo if your life flashed before you,What would you wish you would've done“Firework” by Katy PerryDo you ever feel like a plastic bagDrifting through the wind, wanting to start again?Do you ever feel, feel so paper thinLike a house of cards, one blow from caving in?Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under?Screams but no one seems to hear a thingDo you know that there's still a chance for you'Cause there's a spark in you?“Need You Now” by Lady AntebellumPicture perfect memories scattered all around the floor.Reaching for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore.And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?For me it happens all the time.It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now.Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now.And I don't know how I can do without.I just need you now. ................
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