1. Can you unscramble the following letters to form a word?
DO NOW!
Can you unscramble the following letters to form a word?
aifnstoipieornc
Hint: humanlike

2. DO NOW!
Did you get this?
Personification

3. Lesson Objectives To be able to identify personification
To be able to use personification in my writing

4. What is Personification?
Do you recognise any word in the word?
person
ification

5. We all know what a person is…
Can you think of some things that a person does?

6. Now can you imagine an object rather than a person doing these things?
That’s personification !!

7. What is Personification?
Personification is when you give an object that is not human (and often not even alive) qualities of a human .
Writers often use personification to help describe something. They use it to create an image in the readers mind.
Let’s take a look at some examples…

8. Examples of Personification
The stars danced playfully in the sky.
The printer ate the paper.
The flowers nodded their heads as the wind blew.
The ocean waves swallowed the boat.
The old chair moaned as the boy jumped on it.

9. Your turn…
In pairs look at the pictures below. Can you use these pictures to create personification. The words may help you..
watched
screamed
spat
cried
sat
glared
Remember that the sentences need to be horror related

10. Use this picture to create personifications
What objects can you see?
What might these object do?
boat
scream
ocean
shiver
waves
eat
sky
swallow
clouds
gasp
cry

11. Complete the worksheet
Can you insert the words from the word bank to make the tree come alive by making sentences that use personification? You can only use a word once.

12. Share your personifications with the class.
Plenary
Share your personifications with the class.