August 9, 2015

by Rhondra Lewis

Lesson plan

Onomatopoeia Practice

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Contents

EL Adjustments On Off

Grade

Fifth Grade

Subject

Reading & writing

Reading Fiction
- Fiction Comprehension
  - Analyze Figurative Language in Fiction Texts
Writing Process
- Writing Styles
  - Using Figurative Language & other Literary Devices in Writing

Standards

RL.5.4

Standards

English Language Arts and Reading

Grade 4
- 4.9.B
- 4.10.D
- 4.10.E
- 4.10.G
Grade 5
- 5.9.B
- 5.10.D
- 5.10.E
- 5.10.G

Standards

English

Grade Four
- R.4.5.g
Grade Five
- W.5.7.j

Standards

English Language Arts

Grade 4
- 1.9
- 3.4
Grade 5
- 1.10
- 3.4

Standards

English Language Arts

Grade 5
- 2.3.C.1

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Standards

Language and Literacy

Key Stage 2
- W.7

Standards

English

Year 4
Year 5
- ACELT1798.a

Standards

English

Level 4
Level 5
- W.VCELT327.1

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Materials and preparation

Comic Book Onomatopoeias worksheet
A Crash Course in Onomatopoeia worksheet
Onomatopoeia worksheet
Animal Onomatopoeias
Sticky notes
How to Fold a Mini Comic video by Stig G-M
Animal Sounds Around the World worksheet

Related books and/or media

VIDEO: Onomatopoeia by mindy bauer

Key terms

onomatopoeia

Learning Objectives

Students will understand the concept of onomatopoeia and be able to use them in writing.

The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.

EL adjustments On Off

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Have students complete the Comic Book Onomatopoeias worksheet.
Ask students what they saw as they worked through the sheet.
Tell students that onomatopoeias are popular in comic books and graphic novels because they are words that sound like what they describe.
Explain to students that in this lesson, they will use onomatopoeias in various texts.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(10 minutes)

Read aloud the directions for the A Crash Course in Onomatopoeia and then look at the first example: "phone."
Have students discuss what the onomatopoeia for this image might be.
Remind students that onomatopoeia is a word that imitates its sound.
Students should answer, "ring."
Go through a few more of the examples and allow students to come up with the onomatopoeia for each image.

Guided Practice

(10 minutes)

Have students work in pairs to complete the Onomatopoeia worksheet.
Students will follow the directions on the sheet and use a word bank to complete the assignment.

Independent working time

(25 minutes)

Have students work independently to create a short story about a visit to a farm or the zoo using the words found on the Animal Onomatopoeia worksheet.
Tell students that they must use at least 10 of the onomatopoeias in the word bank.

Differentiation

Enrichment: Allow advanced students to create a mini-comic using onomatopoeias during Independent Working Time. They can view the How to Fold a Mini Comic video to learn how to make the book.
Support: Allow struggling students to complete the Animal Onomatopoeias worksheet and discuss which animals make the sounds.

Assessment

(5 minutes)

Hand out the sticky notes.
Have each student write the definition of onomatopoeia and five examples of onomatopoeia on his sticky note.
Give students five minutes to complete this assignment.
Use the notes as an informal assessment tool.

Review and closing

(5 minutes)

Have students explain in their own words what they learned today.
Allow students to ask questions that they still have about onomatopoeia.

Lesson plan

Onomatopoeia Practice

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Assessment

Review and closing

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