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Learning Objectives:
To be able to use personification to make your writing more exciting and original.
Lesson Outcome:
To begin to write a story about a day in the life of a shoe.
Lesson Objectives:
To be able to recognise different writing techniques.
To be able to use personification in our own writing to boost our levels. (L6 - L7)
Writing Techniques
Imagery
Match the word to the definition
alliteration
metaphor
simile
What are the quotes?
onomatopoeia
imagery
hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
What are the quotes?
Hyperbole
What are the quotes?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
What are the quotes?
Reebok RealFlex
Personification
A day in the life of your shoes
- What is your shoe's personality like?
- What does your shoe dream about at night.
- What does your shoe have nightmares about?
- What does your shoe aspire to be?
- Who does your shoe love?
- What qualifications would your shoe have, if it
was applying for a job?
Mind map the personality of this shoe
Age
in the wardrobe
My skin is wrinkly and saggy.
I smell so bad I make my own eyes water!
Purpose
Style
I look like normal smart working
shoes but...
pressing down
Hidden nature
Predator
Shoes with personality
On a piece of paper, start by brainstorming some of the places where you typically find your shoes in the morning.
suffocating
Colour
Appearance
under the bed
claustrophobic
Adjectives Please
Split personality?
What does the colour red make you think of?
Now brainstorm what it would be like if you were a shoe and someone put a foot in you in the morning? How could you describe that?
squashed
squished
Next think about the floor in your house. What are the different surfaces there like? Come on, think like a shoe - which surfaces would your shoe enjoy? Hate? Why? Describe!!!
sticky
How do you get to school or work?
Think about surfaces again and other outdoor experiences for shoes. What could you step on? In? What is hard on shoes? Fun for shoes?
squelch
Now imagine the rest of your day right up until you're thrown in the closet or under the bed or wherever.
"I'm not a cushion"
"Owww! Don't bite me"