Wild Animal Imagery

Imagine you are making a strong and frightening animal…

• What makes it look so scary and strong?

• What scary, strong sounds does it make?

• Where does it live?• What does it eat?

A poem about someone who creates a very scary

animal…“The Tyger,” by William Blake

Goal for Animal Imagery Lesson:

You will list three words that are examples of imagery on your sensory wheel.

What are the five senses?

What is imagery?Details of the five

sensesTouch imagery: The kitten licked my hand

with its scratchy tongue.

Sensory wheel

Directions: As we read the poem, fill in your wheel with words that relate to the five senses. Try to include a word on at least three sections of the wheel.

Tyger Tyger, burning brightIn the forest of the night;

What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful

symmetry?NEW WORDS:

1)Immortal

2)Symmetry

SENSES:

1) Sight

2) Touch

Animal Poem

Line 1: What does the animal look like?

Line 2: What sounds does the animal make or hear?

Line 3: What does the animal do?

Ms. Silverstein’s animal poem:

Her wide turquoise wings are paper thin,

And you can barely hear their quickening flutter

Before she vanishes into the white summer sky.

WHAT ANIMAL IS SHE?

Let’s make a zoo!

Be sure to use lots of vivid sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures.

The imagery helps bring your animal to life!

Share your animal poem and let others guess the animal.