1 Personification

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Things a map won’t show you

Out of the yellow by James Roy

Personification in a text

Learning Intention

To be able to define personification

To be able to recognise personification in the short story ‘Out of the yellow’

Success Criteria

I can define personification

I can recognise examples of personification in the text

Key Vocabulary

personification

human qualities

human traits

inanimate objects

What is personification?

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Hook

GKR Activity

In table groups, discuss what personification is

Create your own definition of personification – record it in your book

Read Aloud

Using the HRLTP Read Aloud strategy, we will read ‘Out of the yellow’ together

Remember the rules of reading aloud – both as the reader and the listener?

Let’s take a few moments to familiarise ourselves with the story …

Activity

While reading the story, use post it notes to mark the examples of personification

Once reading is finished, share the examples of personification you located with your table group

Record these examples in your book and choose one example to illustrate

Work on the illustration on your own or with a partner

Review

My definition of personification is …

One example of personification from the story is …

The learning actions I used today were …