Lesson Plan Template
Name:
Reading Specialist
School:
Lucy Addison
Lesson Title:
Onomatopoeia
Standards Addressed:
6.4d, 7.5c, 8.5d
Objective:
TSW identify onomatopoeia and in doing so describe how word choice contributes to
the meaning of text.
Materials (Software, Apps,
Websites, Equipment):
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=182406 (The
Poetry Foundation website)
Podcast: TNDOE (ENG grade 6) Onomatopoeia
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp3.htm
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp4.htm
(website for guided practice-also has similes and alliteration)
Google or http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/onomatopoeiapoems.html
Anticipatory Set (Hook):
Instructional Procedures:
Project “toon tune” by Gustave Morin (from the Poetry Foundation website)
on a screen using an LCD projector or Smartboard. Have students write what
they believe they see. This can also be accessed by ipods, however it is easier
to see if it is projected. After students have had time to record their thoughts,
have them share. Inform them that this is a collage poem made from jigsaw
pictures of onomatopoeia from comic books.
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Explain the term onomatopoeia and how by using it an author
enriches and gives clearer meaning to the text.
Have students listen to the podcast on Onomatopoeia.
Guided Practice:
Using the smart board, open one of the interactive websites above. Work
through the questions with students identifying examples of onomatopoeia.
This activity will also review alliteration and similes.
Independent Practice:
Have students Google onomatopoeia poems or either go directly to
http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/onomatopoeia-poems.html .
Students should select two poems. Copy the poems and underline all the
examples of onomatopoeia.
Closure:
Allow students to share some of the examples they have found.
Assessment:
Students should think of a topic that that makes a sound such as a car’s engine,
rain or chicken frying. Write a short poem describing that topic and the sound
it makes by using onomatopoeia.