This document provides guidance for a lesson on personification. It includes the learning intentions, which are to define personification and recognize examples of it in the short story "Out of the Yellow." It outlines activities for students to discuss what personification is, read the story aloud using a reading strategy, mark examples of personification, and review what they learned.

1. S
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Out of the yellow by James Roy

2. Personification in a text
Learning Intention
S To be able to define
personification
S To be able to recognise
personification in the
short story ‘Out of the
yellow’
Success Criteria
S I can define
personification
S I can recognise
examples of
personification in the
text

3. Key Vocabulary
S personification
S human qualities
S human traits
S inanimate objects

4. What is personification?
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5. Hook

6. GKR Activity
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?
S In table groups, discuss
what personification is
S Create your own
definition of
personification – record
it in your book

7. Read Aloud
S Using the HRLTP Read Aloud
strategy, we will read ‘Out of
the yellow’ together
S Remember the rules of
reading aloud – both as the
reader and the listener?
S Let’s take a few moments to
familiarise ourselves with the
story …

8. Activity
S While reading the story, use post it notes to mark the
examples of personification
S Once reading is finished, share the examples of
personification you located with your table group
S Record these examples in your book and choose one
example to illustrate
S Work on the illustration on your own or with a partner

9. Review
S My definition of
personification is …
S One example of
personification from the
story is …
S The learning actions I
used today were …