The Craft of Revision: Adding Onomatopoeia

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The Craft of Revision Adding Onomatopoeia

• Mrs. Emily Morales
• 2nd Grade Teacher
• Bedminster Township School
• October 2009

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Objective

• Writers add on to their stories for different
  purposes. Today were going to learn how to add
  sound words to our stories.
• Do you know what this is called?
• Thats right! Sound words are called onomatopoeia.

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Thump, Quack, Moo

• Turn to the person sitting next to you and see if
  you can remember some of the sound words in
  Thump, Quack, Moo.

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Lets add onomatopoeia together!
One sunny morning, Mrs. Morales and her class
got on a bus to go on a field trip to the zoo.
The students buckled their seat belts and the
bus began moving. On the way to the zoo, the
students sang songs. When they got to the zoo,
the class fed the sheep special feed in the
petting zoo. After that, they went to the monkey
exhibit. The monkeys were eating bananas and
one threw the peel at Mrs. Morales. Then they
got to take a train ride through the zoo and
back to the bus. They had so much fun! On the
way home, the students were so tired from their
busy day that they all fell asleep.

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Now, its your turn!

• Take out your Bus Story.
• Use a caret to show where you want to add the
  onomatopoeia.
• Once youve added all the onomatopoeia you want
  to put in your story, you may begin a new story
  or add to an old story.

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Now, turn to your partner

• Share with your partner one thing you added to
  your story today.