1. Personified Examples

2. Vocabulary Collectors
One of your weekly vocabulary options is to imagine one of your vocabulary words as a person—with a personality, a job, an outfit, a way looking at life. You will personify the word.
This will teach you a poetic tool.
This will help you to think more deeply about a word’s meaning than you would through rote memorization.
This will make you analyze and write creatively using a new word’s meaning. =
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Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

3. Vocabulary Collectors
“But how do I personify a vocabulary word?” you ask.
It’s easy. You simply have to tap into your poetic brain. I’ll show you the process.
One of my favorite words is the transitive verb defenestrate.
Meet Mr. Defenestrate, my visualized stuntman!
Yes, it really is a word!
I first asked myself what kind of person would I associate with that word, and my answer was a Hollywood stuntman because they are thrown from windows.
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

4. Vocabulary Collectors
Next I came up with a brief explanation of who he is and why his name and appearance fits him.
Meet Mr. Defenestrate, my visualized stuntman!
Yes, it really is a word!
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

5. Vocabulary Collectors
Personified Vocabulary Rubric:
4 points
3 points
The personification does all of these:
The personification does three of these:
The personified word is visually and neatly represented.
The description is at least 3 sentences.
The description explains the job, the personality, or the mannerisms of the personified word.
The word’s definition clearly connects to the personification.
Did Allesse earn a 3 or a 4? What should she do, if anything, to improve?
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

6. Vocabulary Collectors
Hugo
Emily
Remember, it’s okay to “go the extra mile” with your personified vocabulary words.
Creatively help yourself remember words’ meanings by associating them interesting characters that you invent with your poetic brain.
Take a look at these last two personified vocabulary words. Both based on good words. Both thoughtful.
Whose do you like best? Hugo’s or Emily’s?
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

7. Vocabulary Collectors
Personified Vocabulary Rubric:
4 points
3 points
The personification does all of these:
The personification does three of these:
The personified word is visually and neatly represented.
The description is at least 3 sentences.
The description explains the job, the personality, or the mannerisms of the personified word.
The word’s definition clearly connects to the personification.
Did Jolie earn a 3 or a 4? What should she do, if anything, to improve?
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

8. Vocabulary Collectors
Personified Vocabulary Rubric:
4 points
3 points
The personification does all of these:
The personification does three of these:
The personified word is visually and neatly represented.
The description is at least 3 sentences.
The description explains the job, the personality, or the mannerisms of the personified word.
The word’s definition clearly connects to the personification.
Did Austin earn a 3 or a 4? What should he do, if anything, to improve?
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary

9. Vocabulary Collectors
Personified Vocabulary Rubric:
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
The personification does all of these:
The personification does three of these:
The personification does two of these:
The personification does one of these:
The personified word is visually and neatly represented.
The description is at least 3 sentences.
The description explains the job, the personality, or the mannerisms of the personified word.
The word’s definition clearly connects to the personification.
Checking the rubric too many times before starting? I’ll bet you’re not!
Meaningful writing activity = personify vocabulary