Personification Center Personification: Giving an animal, object, or idea human qualities. Example: The old car groaned into third gear. Cartoon characters always seem to “save the day.” Underdog and Lightning McQueen(Cars) are examples of the action hero type. Mickey Mouse and Spongebob Squarepants are of the average variety. Many of these cartoon characters have been personified. These characters are given human traits such as the ability to speak and show emotions such as love anger. Your Task: Create your own cartoon character using the clay provided. You will only have 10 minutes to make your character. Place your character in the center of your data quad and complete the remaining sections of the quad. Please be sure to start the timer before you begin your clay sculpture! Write a sentence about your character’s emotions using personification Character’s Name :________________________ Write a sentence about your character’s actions using personification Lyric Poem Center Lyric Poem: Short poem written to express the poet’s thoughts and feelings in a musical way. Example: Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley Your Task: Listen to the song New Shoes by Paolo Nutini as a group. Follow along with the lyrics page provided. After listening to the song, highlight the following elements of poetry on your lyrics page as a group. *Hint: there may be more than one of each element.* 1. Yellow Highlighter: EXAGGERATION (stretching the truth) 2. Green Highlighter: ALLITERATION (repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words) 3. Pink Highlighter: RHYME (repetition of ending, beginning or middle of a phrase/sentence sound) 4. Purple Highlighter: MOOD (feeling created by the poet through use of words) 5. Blue Highlighter: REPETITION (repeating words, sounds and phrases) *Answer the following question on the back of your lyrics page: What feelings did the poet, Paolo Nutini, express in this song?’ Idiom Center Idiom: A phrase of everyday words that don’t mean what they say; ordinary expressions understood by the group of people using them. Example: “Don’t jump down my throat!” Your Task: Complete the “Don’t Take It Literally!” worksheet independently. Please be sure your illustration is neat, colorful and creative. “Don’t Take It Literally!” Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _______________ IDIOM: Illustration Meaning of idiom: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Using the idiom in a sentence: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Alliteration Center Alliteration: Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words. Example: Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes. Task #1 (7 minutes): Two people will need to complete the “Alliteration Challenge” worksheet together. Get creative! Task #2 (7 minutes): The remaining members of the group will use the magnet letters to create alliterations. One person at a time creates an alliteration and places it on the magnet board. The remaining members, one at a time, recite the alliteration 3 times as fast as they can. The member that recites without any errors wins! Rotate so each member has a chance to create a magnet alliteration. Alliteration Challenge Group Members: _______________________________________________________ Make up 3 alliterations about famous people with whom you are familiar. 1.__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Make up 3 alliterations about popular products you use. 1.__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ BONUS BOX: Illustrate one of the alliterations you created up top on the back of this paper. Elements of Poetry Review Center Task #1 (7 minutes): With a partner(s), play the “Poetry Memory Game.” Please be sure to place game cards back in envelope once game is over. Task #2 (7 minutes): With a partner(s), play the “Poetry Board Game.” Be sure to read all directions before playing. Please provide 6th grade responses to each mini-assignment on game board. Board Game Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. Choose a partner(s). Take turns carefully tossing a penny. Tails, you move 1 space. Heads, you mover 2 spaces. When you land on a space, challenge yourself to creatively fulfill the mini-assignment in 30 seconds. The first player to reach the “Poet’s Corner” is the winner! Onomatopoeia Center Onomatopoeia: Words used to demonstrate sound. Example: The water gurgled down the drain. The little boy slurped his soup. Your task: One person will reach into the “Picture Box” and pull out a photograph. The entire group will brainstorm a list of colorful “sound words” to describe the photograph. Please use the “Onomatopoeia Photography Challenge” chart provided to record your answers. You should have at least 5 “sound words” per picture. Please remember to work together! Onomatopoeia Photograph Challenge Name: ________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Describe what photograph looks like: Sound words:
