Learning Objectives

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Using personification effectively in writing

• Learning Objectives
• Language features of effective writing
• Editing and improving description
• How to personify effectively

Lesson Two
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Starter Fill the Gaps and Guess the Film Names

• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
• The Curse of Frankenstein
• The Evil of Frankenstein
• I Was A Teenage Frankenstein
• Frankenstein Created A Woman
• Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell
• The Bride of Frankenstein

• Frankenstein Must Be ..
• The .of Frankenstein
• The .. of Frankenstein
• I Was .
• Frankenstein .
• Frankenstein and . From Hell
• The of Frankenstein

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Personification

• What is being described?
• The Monster crawled through the winding streets
  groaning as it chugged uphill. Its yellow eyes
  dimly peered out of the driving rain and he
  slowly turned to face the oncoming traffic. Its
  heart began to falter and he screeched to a halt

My Car! What then is personification? Write a
definition in your books.
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Personification

• What is being described?
• The Monster crawled through the winding streets
  groaning as it chugged uphill. Its yellow eyes
  dimly peered out of the driving rain and he
  slowly turned to face the oncoming traffic. Its
  heart began to falter and he screeched to a halt

What is being described? The Monster crawled
through the winding streets groaning as it
chugged uphill. Its yellow eyes dimly peered out
of the driving rain and he slowly turned to face
the oncoming traffic. Its heart began to falter
and he screeched to a halt.
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Personification

• Personification is giving an object or a place
  human characteristics. This can be done in a
  number of ways. How is the car personified?

Name
The Monster crawled through the winding streets
groaning as it chugged uphill. Its yellow eyes
dimly peered out of the driving rain and he
slowly turned to face the oncoming traffic. His
heart began to falter and he screeched to a halt.
Gender
Body Parts
Verbs Movement and Actions
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Click on the word to check the personification,
and then click on the personification to move on.
Read The Mist Examples. Highlight where
personification takes place.

• Look for and annotate
• Actions/Verbs
• Body Parts
• Name
• Gender
• Feelings

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The Mist

• The mist was back, settling in the streets as if
  she had never left, laying her damp touch upon
  the stones, her foggy fingers outstretched. The
  moon, directly above, was hidden behind his own
  cloud, and had disappeared from view. London was
  anxious tonight, waiting for the dawn, hoping
  that the things that crept undercover of the mist
  would have disappeared by then.

Click on key words that show a type of
personification the type of personification
appears
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The Mist
Gender

• The mist was back, settling in the streets as if
  she had never left, laying her damp touch upon
  the stones, her foggy fingers outstretched. The
  moon, directly above, was hidden behind his own
  cloud, and had disappeared from view. London was
  anxious tonight, waiting for the dawn, hoping
  that the things that crept undercover of the mist
  would have disappeared by then.

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The Mist
Feelings

• The mist was back, settling in the streets as if
  she had never left, laying her damp touch upon
  the stones, her foggy fingers outstretched. The
  moon, directly above, was hidden behind his own
  cloud, and had disappeared from view. London was
  anxious tonight, waiting for the dawn, hoping
  that the things that crept undercover of the mist
  would have disappeared by then.

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The Mist
Action

• The mist was back, settling in the streets as if
  she had never left, laying her damp touch upon
  the stones, her foggy fingers outstretched. The
  moon, directly above, was hidden behind his own
  cloud, and had disappeared from view. London was
  anxious tonight, waiting for the dawn, hoping
  that the things that crept undercover of the mist
  would have disappeared by then.

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The Mist
Body part

• The mist was back, settling in the streets as if
  she had never left, laying her damp touch upon
  the stones, her foggy fingers outstretched. The
  moon, directly above, was hidden behind his own
  cloud, and had disappeared from view. London was
  anxious tonight, waiting for the dawn, hoping
  that the things that crept undercover of the mist
  would have disappeared by then.

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Individual Description

• Choose one of the following pictures and
  titles and write your own piece of
  personification
• Remember your targets from last time!

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http//www.flickr.com/photos/sheffield_tiger/27277
78707/
http//www.flickr.com/photos/rsvstks/19428230/
http//www.flickr.com/photos/camshafter/2514992069
/
http//www.flickr.com/photos/london/92660969/
Titles to Choose from The Ghost Ship, The Fire,
The Storm, The Ruin,
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Plenary

• Swap with critical friend. Peer assess your
  partners work. Tick each time personification
  has successfully been used. Comment on how well
  they have used personification and how they might
  improve the piece.

Share good practice with classmates

• Remember to Tick for
• Actions/Verbs
• Body Parts
• Name
• Gender