1. Personification Poem Creation Adapted by Arielle Street (Texas Gal)

2. Activity Students will create a poem using personification. Students will use nature-oriented nouns to write a poem about nature. Students will use action verbs to describe the nature words.

3. Directions 1.Choose a nature-noun from List A or another nature-noun. 2.Type your nature-noun. 3.Choose an action verb from List B or another verb or your choice. 4.Type your action verb you have chosen next to your nature-noun (you may need to change your verb for subject-verb agreement). 5.Continue choosing nature-nouns and verbs to complete your poem. 6.To make your poem interesting, add adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, etc. 7.Be creative!

4. Example stone listens Then expand your words into a sentence. The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows around it. Continue this process to form your poem.

5. Nature-nouns & Verbs sun moon stars sky sea stone night mountain dawn morning tellsshows remindsteaches listensremembers bringssings criesyawns looksdances dreamsguides guidestakes Nature-nounsVerbs