Or download our app "Guided Lessons by Education.com" on your device's app store.
August 9, 2015
|
by Rhondra Lewis
Download lesson plan
EL Adjustments
Grade
Subject
Thank you for your input.
Standards
Standards
Standards
Standards
No standards associated with this content.
No standards associated with this content.
No standards associated with this content.
No standards associated with this content.
Standards
Standards
Which set of standards are you looking for?
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.
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.
- Beginning: Play sounds for students to listen to and make a connection to onomatopoeia.
- Provide examples of onomatopoeia in students' home language (L1).
- Intermediate: Show students pictures of comic books that contain onomatopoeia (i.e. bang, pow).
- Have ELs discuss what they know about onomatopoeia with a partner and then share out as a whole group. Allow them to use L1 or L2.
- Provide a word bank for students to use when discussing what they know about onomatopoeia.
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.
- Beginning: Provide a word bank with vocabulary that relates to the images on the worksheet (i.e. phone, bell) with definitions in L1 and L2.
- Allow ELs to look up new words, such as racecar, in a home language resource.
- Intermediate: Make a connection to students' home language(s) by teaching sound words from around the world. Use this worksheet (https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/animal-sounds-around-the-world/) as a starting point!
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.
- Beginning: Allow ELs to utilize home language resources to clarify the meaning of any new words they encounter on the worksheet.
- Partner students intentionally so ELs may discuss in their home language or with a more advanced learner.
- Intermediate: Read the directions aloud and ask several students to re-read or paraphrase the directions.
- Model the activity for students before asking them to work with peers.
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.
- Beginning: Model how students can approach the task of writing their own story (i.e. read a sample story aloud).
- Shorten the writing task so that students are asked to choose three or four onomatopoeias to include in their story.
- Provide sentence frames to support students during the writing task:
- One day I visited the (zoo/farm).
- I saw a ____ and heard it ____.
- Intermediate: Give ELs extra time to complete the task.
- Allow ELs to use a glossary or dictionary in their home language for unfamiliar words.
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.
- Beginning: Allow students to orally explain the definition of an onomatopoeia.
- Shorten the assignment and require only three examples.
- Intermediate: Give ELs extra time to complete the task.
- Provide sentence stems:
- An onomatopoeia is...
- One example of an onomatopoeia is...
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.
- Beginning: Ask students to orally summarize their takeaways in their home language (L1).
- Intermediate: Invite students to write or orally explain their takeaways and questions using sentence stems for support:
- I learned that an onomatopoeia is...
- An example of an onomatopoeia is...
- A question I still have is...
- I wonder...
Related learning resources

What is Onomatopoeia?
Worksheet
What is Onomatopoeia?
BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Onomatopoeia Practice
Lesson plan
Onomatopoeia Practice
Does onomatopoeia BANG your students up or cause them to want to BARF? Help them out with this comical lesson on the well-known figurative device.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan

Onomatopoeia and 'The Moon'
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia and 'The Moon'
Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

What is Onomatopoeia?
Worksheet
What is Onomatopoeia?
...onomatopoeia, sound words, literary devices, figurative language...
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Hunting for Hyperbole
Worksheet
Hunting for Hyperbole
Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Homophonic Puns
Worksheet
Homophonic Puns
Use this worksheet to help students practice understanding homophonic puns.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Worksheet
Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Bad Hare Day Easter Puns
Worksheet
Bad Hare Day Easter Puns
This Easter worksheet will help students practice understanding the meaning of puns.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Eggsciting Easter Puns
Worksheet
Eggsciting Easter Puns
Use this worksheet to help students practice understanding the meaning of Easter puns.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Writing Metaphors
Worksheet
Writing Metaphors
Beginning writers can practice creating their own metaphors with this sheet as a guide.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Oxymoron Creations
Worksheet
Oxymoron Creations
Help your students practice using two antonyms to create an oxymoron.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet

Marvelous Metaphors
Lesson plan
Marvelous Metaphors
Your class will hone art skills and practice comparison using figurative language.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan