1. Starter Activity What am I? 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. Cheetah Rainbow Candle Snake

2. Personification Poems Learning Objectives ► To understand and explore ‘personification’ and to use it effectively in our own writing. Outcomes: To understand the term ‘personification’ (level 3). To use personification effectively in your own poetry (level 4). To be able to use rhyme, similes or metaphors in your own poetry (level 5).

3. Key Terms ► Simile ► Metaphor ► Personification Comparing things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. e.g. He swims like a fish. As quiet as a mouse. Comparing things by saying something is the other. e.g. Life is a journey. Her eyes were still, blue pools. Giving a non-living object human characteristics or abilities.

4. Personification ► Examples: Hey Diddle, Diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon; the little dog laughed to see such sport. And the dish ran away with the spoon. The camera loves me. The sun greeted me this morning. The lightning lashed out with anger. The flowers begged for water.

5. Writing your own ► You now have an allocated object to base your personification poem on. ► Create a mind-map to help you think of ideas. ► Draft your personification poems. ► Extension: Try to add rhyme, similes or metaphors to your poem! Clock Fed up of watching time pass by Bored of sitting on the wall

6. Peer Assess ► Read your personification poem to a partner, without revealing what the object is. Try and guess what a partner’s poem is about. ► Award them a level and comment on what was done well and what could be improved: Outcomes: To understand the term ‘personification’ (level 3). To use personification effectively in your own poetry (level 4). To be able to use rhyme, similes or metaphors in your own poetry (level 5).