Lesson Summary:
The lesson introduces the children to onomatopoeia, focusing mainly on its use as a literary device. The reading should be used by the children, either as an individual or as a paired reading activity. The two short excerpts by Tennyson and Browning could be used effectively in a facilitated discussion. Activity A should preferably be a brainstorming exercise, either in pairs or small groups. Activity B is an individual exercise in which the children are able to practice using onomatopoeia in their own writing.
Objectives:
- The children will recognize onomatopoeic words and understand how they originated.
- The children will be able to use and/or create onomatopoeic words in their own writing.
Subject Area:
Language Arts
Lesson Excerpt:
Here is an interesting word you may not have heard before: onomatopoeia. It is pronounced like this: on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh. Onomatopoeia comes from two Greek words meaning making names or making words. In this case the words imitate a sound made by the thing which is named. For example a zip or zipper is named for the sound it makes when you fasten it, and many birds are named for their call. Think of the cuckoo, the whippoorwill or the killdeer.
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