Mrs. Powderly's Personification

Students in Mrs. Powderly's 2/3 PIE class have learned how to use the literary element of personification in their creative writing. In writing, personification means giving an inanimate (non-living) object human traits and qualities. For this lesson the students sat down and looked carefully at a beautiful painting that Mrs. Powderly had created.

Next, the students described elements of the painting using descriptive language. Mrs. Powderly wrote down the students descriptions of the night, trees, lake, bushes, moon and shooting star on the chalkboard.

The students used their class notes to create descriptive pieces of writing. They used personification and made the inanimate objects seem to come-to-life by using emotions, sensations or gestures in their writing. 

Here are a few of their beautiful sentences...

"The shooting star glided brilliantly across the starry, indigo night sky."

"The bright, shining moon sparkled brilliantly above the indigo blue lake.'

"The shooting star danced across the indigo blue sky."

"The trees are clapping in the wind as the shooting star gracefully glides across the dark indigo sky."

"The mysterious evergreen tree slept in the crystal clear lake."

"The sleepy towering evergreen trees are mysteriously waving their aging branches."

If you have a student in Mrs. Powderly's class ask them what personification means- you will be surprised by what they can tell you!