Figurative Language
A PowerPoint activity about alliteration and personification
Grade Level: 3-5
Duration: Two class periods
Objectives: Students will
- Create a PowerPoint show illustrating two types of figurative language. As an alternative, allow students to use an interactive online tool to create a similar slideshow presentation, using a site such as Zoho Show (reviewed here). This site is easier to use than PowerPoint and FREE! Another advantage to Zoho Show versus PowerPoint is that students can collaborate and work together, even on different computers with a simple URL address.
- Demonstrate understanding of personification by creating and interpreting simple examples.
- Demonstrate understanding of alliteration by creating and interpreting simple examples.
Standards Connection:
- COMMON CORE ELA L.5.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Materials:
- Downloadable interactive PowerPoint sample - (for downloading instructions, click here)
- Access to the following Web sites:
- Introduce alliteration (the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words) with this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/
space_spins/small_no_sound/standard.shtml - Introduce personification with this:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personificationpractice.html - Introduction/tour of Zoho Show slideshow tool (reviewed here). Share it on your interactive whiteboard or projector (if available.)
- Introduce alliteration (the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words) with this:
- Pencils and paper
- Downloadable “Idea Cards” cards - (PDF File)
- Downloadable PowerPoint template
- Computer lab access is a MUST