unit 7 writing topic 7.1

UNIT 7WRITING

Topic 7.1 : How To Write

Learning outcome : Provide teachers with a multitude of writing tools

Activity 1 : Look and Write!

Duration : 30 minutes

Procedures : 1. Mentor shows picture.(Slide 1)2. Mentees write sentences to describe the picture.3. Mentor explains what an Attention Grabber is and what a cliff-

hanger is.4. Mentor shows another series of pictures. 5. Mentees work in pairs to construct their own attention grabbers and

cliff-hangers.6. Mentees read out their sentences.7. Mentor corrects the sentences. 8. Reward the pair with the most interesting attention grabber.

Resources Power Point

Pictures

EXAMPLES OF PICTURES

A) STORY /ATTENTION GRABBER

• To hook the reader with a question, a surprise, or maybe a quotation to create a desire to read on to see what happens next.

• Starting an essay with an attention grabber ensures

that your audience will want to keep reading.

EXAMPLES: Have you ever experienced the feeling of

falling in love?

Many people see Hercules as an amazing hero, but yet he had many flaws, evil flaws.

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B) ENDING WITH A CLIFFHANGER

• Leaving some possibilities open for further development with a cliffhanger ending such as, asks a question, gives the reader a last idea to ponder, or mentions an unexpected twist.

• Ending with a cliffhanger can make the essay memorable and interesting to the very last word.

EXAMPLES:

Activitiy 2 Tell me All

Duration 30 minute

Procedures 1. Mentor introduces figurative language through this website http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/figurative-language.html

2. Mentor explains figurative language.3. Mentees are given a worksheet on figurative language.4. Allocate ample time for them to complete the activity.5. Mentees exchange worksheets and mentor gives the

correct answers.

Resources Internet Worksheet

Suggested Answers : Refer Answer SheetResources Internet:

http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/figurative-language.html





C) USING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

1) Simile A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

Example: Busy as a bee

2) Metaphor The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something.

Example: You are what you eat.



3) Personification A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.

Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.

4) Alliteration The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters.

Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.



5) Onomatopoeia The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.

Example: snap crackle pop

6) Hyperbole An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles.

Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.



7) Idioms According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements. Example: Monday week for "the Monday a week after next Monday"

8) Clichés A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring. Example: Many hands make light work.

1. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?A) personificationB) metaphorC) hyperboleD) simile

2. My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?A) personificationB) simileC) metaphorD) hyperbole

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE QUIZZES (A)

3. The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?A) metaphorB) onomatopoeiaC) simileD) personification

4. "Smash", when the cup fell off the table. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

A) PersonificationB) metaphorC) OnomatopoeiaD) Hyperbole

5. He was a library of information about baseball. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?A) metaphorB) personificationC) hyperboleD) simile

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