Personification Poem Creation

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Personification Poem Creation

• Adapted by Arielle Street
• (Texas Gal)

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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.

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Directions

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

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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.

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Nature-nouns Verbs
Nature-nouns
Verbs

• sun
• moon
• stars
• sky
• sea
• stone
• night
• mountain
• dawn
• morning

• tells shows
• reminds teaches
• listens remembers
• brings sings
• cries yawns
• looks dances
• dreams guides
• guides takes