Writing to Describe: Words from Pictures

Lesson 8Objective: To improve our descriptive writing by using sound effects. (AF1,AF2,AF7)Writing to Describe:Words from Pictures

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ONOMATOPOEIA: DEFINITIONWhen words used to describe a noise sound like the noise they are describing.Here are a few example:

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TIPOnomatopoeia is a very long and difficult word to spell.The easiest way to remember how to spell onomatopoeia is to sing the song:

ON-O, MAT-O, P-O, E-I-A

Can you think of onomatopoeic words that would describe the followingSomeone walking on broken glass.A vacuum-cleaner sucking up the dirt.A fisherman throwing out his rod.Sausages cooking in a pan.Chalk on a blackboard.A fire burning briskly.A kettle boiling.A thirsty cat drinking milk.Someone eating crisps with their mouth open.Hitting a tennis ball.Someone walking through thick mud.A rocket taking off.

Copy out the sentences and write your onomatopoeic answer next to them.

Someone walking on broken glassA vacuum-cleaner sucking up the dirtA fisherman throwing out his rod.Sausages cooking in a pan.Chalk on a blackboard.A fire burning briskly.A kettle boiling.A thirsty cat drinking milk.Someone eating crisps with their mouth open.Hitting a tennis ball.Someone walking through thick mud.A rocket taking off.When I choose you to feedback, try and act out or make the noise of the effect you are describing.

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound (not letter) at the beginning of words which are close to each other in a sentence, line of poetry or headline.ALLITERATION: DEFINITION

Copy down these examples and underline the alliteration (sounds-not the whole word)

1. The sun shines softly in the summer sky.

2. The moon dances in the dark sky.3. The stars twist and twinkle in the night sky.

Group Task Each group will be shown a picture of something you could use sound effects to describe.Using your whiteboard and working with your group, you have five minutes to write me a paragraph to describe your picture.It must contain:OnomatopoeiaAlliterationIt could contain: senses, similes, metaphor, adjectives or any other descriptive technique you have learned in this unit.

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Group 1: The city

Group 2: The fairground

Group 3: The dolphin show

Group 4: The boxing match

Group 5: Bonfire night

FinallyOne person from each group is to become an envoy.They should go to another tables board.They should then (with no help from the people on the table) underline and label the onomatopoeia, alliteration and any other techniques they spot.They should then explain to the group whose board they are marking:which techniques they spotted;what the effect of each technique was.

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