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Dress-‐Ups, Decorations, and Delightful Diversions

by Lori Verstegen

Teacher’s Resource

First Edition, February 2011 Institute for Excellence in Writing, L.L.C.

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WelcometoDress‐Ups,Decorations,andDelightfulDiversions! YouwillfindthisdownloadtobeaninvaluableresourcewhenteachingsomeofthemorechallengingIEWelementsofstyle—thedecorationsandtheadvanceddress‐ups.Inthesefiles,youwillfindlessonideas,samplesfromclassicliterature,exercises,andgamestohelpyouhelpyourstudentsbecomeexcitedaboutusingpowerfulliterarydevices.FORSTUDENTSWhilethisproductisprimarilyateacherresource,thestudentfilecontainslessonpagesstudentswillneed.Inaclasssetting,Teacher,youcaneitherprintthestudentpagesforyourstudentsasneeded,oryoucanaskthateachstudent’sfamilypurchasetheresource,printthepages,andplacethemintwofoldersornotebooks: StudentLessonPages

MyPersonalCollectionofElementsofStyle(ThissectionisintheStudentLessonsfile.It’srightaftertheteeter‐totters.)

Belowisadescriptionofeachofthesesectionswithrecommendationsforuse.STUDENTLESSONPAGES

Thesepagescontainasectionforeachelementofstyle.Theydonothavetobetaughtinorder.Whenyoudesiretoteachaparticularelement,turntothatsectionbyusingthetableofcontents.Youwillfindanexplanationoftheelement,ideasforteachingit,andpagesofexercisesthestudentsmaycompletetohelpthemunderstand,recognize,andcreatetheelementofstyle.ItisassumedthatstudentsusingthisresourcehavealreadybeentaughtthebasicIEWdress‐upsandareusingthemwithnodifficulty.ThefollowingchartincludessuggestionsforwhentoteacheachsectionwithrespecttotheIEWunitsofstructure.Theseareonlysuggestions.Anyelementmaybetaughtwithanyunit.FICTIONUNITS(3,5,7)(NarrativeStories,WritingfromPictures,CreativeWriting)

ThePoeticDevices(alliteration,similes,metaphors,personification)3sss

FACTUALUNITS(4,6,8,9)(SummarizingReferences,ResearchReports,FormalExpositoryEssays,Critiques)

Question&CommandDramaticOpeners&ClosersAnecdotalOpeners&Closers

Repetition(dualsandtripleextensions)andteeter‐tottersmaybetaughtwithanyunit.


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MYPERSONALCOLLECTIONOFELEMENTSOFSTYLE

Thissection(rightaftertheteeter‐totters)containspagestohelpstudentscollectandorganizetheelementsofstyletheyfindastheyreadqualityliterature.Thepageswillprovidethemwithwonderfulsamplesofeachoftheelements.Inaclasssetting,allowtimeperiodicallyforstudentstosharethestylistictechniquestheyhavefound.FORPARENTS/TEACHERSANSWERKEY

ThesepagescontaintheanswerstovariousexercisesintheStudentLessonPages.REVIEWGAME

Thisgamereviewsalmostalloftheelementsofstyle;however,ifyouwouldliketoplayitbeforeyouhavetaughtthemall,pickoutonlythecardsthatcorrespondtothedevicesyouhavecovered.Youshouldincludeatleastthreeelements.SELECTEDBIBLIOGRAPHY

Thisisalistofliteratureusedtocompileexamplesofthevariouselementsofstyle,bothinthelessonpagesandthegames.IamgratefultomymanystudentswhoreadthesebooksinordertohelpmecollectthemanyexamplesofIEWelementsofstyleusedingreatwriting.TWOSIMILEGAMESGAME:SIMILECOVER‐UP

ThisgameisintendedforLevelAstudentswhowillfindtheSimileShenanigansgametoodifficult.Teacherswillreadthebeginningofasimilefromchildren’sliterature.Studentswillthentrytofindthefinishofitontheirgameboards.Thegameprovidesafun,non‐threateningtimeofhearingandcontemplatingsimilesandmetaphorsfromskilledauthors.GAME:SIMILESHENANIGANS

Thisgamewillprovidehoursofinspirationandfunaskidscreateandsharesimilesandmetaphorswhiletryingtodiscernthewordsactuallyusedbyfamousauthorsofclassicchildren’sliterature.Playafewsessionsinclass;then,encouragefamiliestoprinttheirownandcontinueplayingathome.


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Contents

POETICDEVICES

o Alliteration.......................................................................................1

o SimilesandMetaphors...............................................................8

o Personification............................................................................20

o PracticePoeticDevices...............................................................24

OTHERDECORATIONS

o 3sss...................................................................................................26

o QuestionsandCommands......................................................29

o DramaticOpenersandClosers.............................................31

o AnecdotalOpenersandClosers...........................................33

ADVANCEDDRESS‐UPS

o Repetition DualDress‐UpsandTripleExtensions...........................37

o Teeter‐Totters.............................................................................42


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PRACTICEPracticealliterationbyrewritingeachofthephrasesonthefollowingpage.Replacetheoriginalwordswithwordsthatbeginwiththelettersoundgivenintheparentheses.Useathesaurusforhelp.Remember,thereisalwaysanotherwaytosaythesamething,soplaywithwordstoachievetheeffectyoudesire.Youmayaddinformationtocreatemorealliteration.Youmaybesillyandmaketonguetwisters.Example:happyyoungwomen(G)gigglinggirlsgasped

MakeItaGameTomakethisexerciseagame,dividetheclassintoteamsorpairs.Useonlythreephrasesatatime.Givetheplayersaboutfiveminutestowork.Collecteachteam’sphrasesattheendofthetimelimit.Readeachteam’sanswerforthefirstphrase.Writethepointsearnedonthewhiteboard.(Seebelowforhowtoscore.)Repeatwitheachoftheotherphrases.Theteamwiththemostpointsforallphraseswins.ScoringPointsareearnedforeachwordusedthatbeginswiththegivenlettersound.Toearnmorepoints,playersmayexpandaphrasebyaddingmoreinformation.Belowaresomesamplescoringsusingthesamplephrasefromabove:

Gigglinggirlsgasped(3)

Gregariousgirlsgiggledasthegrossgorillagobbledgrapes(7)Optional:Letkidschooseanysoundtouseratherthanthesoundgiveninparentheses.


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1.Abigwindwentthroughthecity.(T)

2.madteenagers(A)

3.littlerabbitsjump(B)

4.Thebeachwaspretty.(S)

5.large,prettyinsects(B)

6.Thequeen’sdaughterenteredtheroom.(P)

7.Achildtookthetreats.(S)

8.anice,braveruler(K)

9.agroupofprettyflowers(B)or(R)

10.Tiredsoldierscried.(W)

11.Adisturbedreptilehostilelycame.(A)

12.Asad,smallchildwalkedunsteadily.(T)

13.Theteachergaveadifficultquestion.(P)

14.Thehurtbigcatjumped.(L)

15.Thewindblew.(W)


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SIMILESANDMETAPHORSSimilesandmetaphorsaretwowaysofdescribingonethingbycomparingitto

another.

ASIMILEusesthewordlikeoras.

Thegirlsanglikeanightingale.

Theboywasastoughasnails.

AMETAPHORsimplycallsonethinganotherthingorusesonethingtomean

another.

Hereisanexampleofametaphorthatcallsonethinganotherthing:

John’sfacewasacoldstone.

Obviously,John’sfaceisnotreallyastone.Bycomparingittoastone,themetaphor

isimplyingthathewasshowingnofeelings,likeastone.

Hereisanexampleofametaphorthatusesonethingtomeananother(likeasecret

code,sortof).

He’sgotthewholeworldinhishands.

Theworldisnotreallyinhishands.“Hishands”islikeacodewordfor“hiscare”

becausehandsaresymbolsofcaring.


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SIMILECOVERUPTOPREPARE

Printthegameboardsonthefollowingpagesontocardstock.Cutthemout.(Eachboardhasfourwordsorphrases.)

Note:Extrablankboardsareprovidedtoenableyoutomakeyourownboards.TherearemanysimilesintheSimileShenanigansgamethatyoucoulduse.

Cutouttheindividualgamecards(thesimiles)thatcorrespondtothegameboardsyouwilluse(seenotebelow).Shuffleandstackthem.(Again,thereareextrablankcards.)

Ifyouhavemorethansevenplayers,dividetheminto3–6teams.Teamsdonothavetohaveanequalnumberofplayers.Giveeachteamagameboard.

Giveeachteamsometypeoftokenssuchasbuttons,beans,orcoins.

Importantnote:Ifyoudonotuseallthegameboards,thegamewillflowbetterifyouremovethesimilecardsthatmatchtheanswersontheboardsyouwillnotbeusing.(Checkthenumbersthatfolloweachansweronthecards.Theycorrespondtothenumberoftheboarduponwhichthatanswerisfound.)Thisway,allthesimilesyoureadwillhaveananswerononeoftheboardsinplay.

TOPLAY

Theteacherpicksthetopcardfromthestackandreadsthebeginningofthesimile.

Playerslookatthewordsontheirboardstodetermineiftheyhaveawordthatmightcompletethesimile.Theteacheraskstheplayersiftheythinktheyhaveacorrectanswer.Shethenreadstheauthor’ssimile,andtheplayerwiththatanswercoversitwithatoken.

Playcontinuesinthesamewayuntiloneplayerorteamhascoveredallfourwordsontheirboard.Theyyell,“Coveredup!”andwinthegame.


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amadbull

acoldhand

cigarsmoke

snow

abowlingball

afancycollar

cats

ayoungster

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afrog(2)

“Itwasopenedbyanotherfootmaninthelivery,witharoundface,andlargeeyeslike…”

AliceinWonderland

acoldhand(3)

“Silencegrippedthem,andachillofawetouchedthemlike…”

CallItCourage

ayoungster(4)

“TheMarlfoxgiggledlike…”

Marlfox

snakes(5)

“Jellyfishtentaclesstrikelike…”

Pagoo

thetailofashootingstar(6)

“Dropsofsilverslippingfromthe[water]wheelblurredtogetherlike…”

TheYearling

snow(3)

“Ashesfellintothewaterlike…”

PaddletotheSea

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Teamstrytofinishthesimilebywritingtheirideaonanotecard.Thereader

writestheauthor’sanswer(fromthebluebox)onhisnotecard.

Everyonepassestheircardstothereader,whothenshufflesandreadsallthepossibleanswers.(Inaclass,he/sheshouldwritetheanswersonthewhiteboard.)

Iftwoormoreanswersarethesame,thereaderonlyneedstowritethatanswerontheboardonce,butreadingthemallishelpfulforplayerstoseehowpopularthatansweris.

Besurenoonerevealswhichanswerswereprovidedbywhom.

Noweachplayerorteam(exceptthereader)musttrytoguesswhichofthepossibleanswersistheonetheauthoractuallywrote.Thereadermustkeeptrackofwhoguesseswhich.(Writeinitialsorteamnamesbytheanswersontheboard.)

Aftereveryonehasguessed,pointsareawardedasfollows:

SCORESHEETS

Tomakescorekeepingsimpler,blankscoresheetsthatyoumaycopyforeachteamareonthefollowingpage.Foreachgame,eachteamwillneeditsownscoresheet.Itincludesenoughspaceforninerounds,butinaclasssetting,youwillmostlikelynothaveenoughtimetoplayallnine.

*Players/teamswhoguessedthecorrectanswerfromthechoicesontheboardreceive1point.*Playersreceive2pointsforeachtimesomeoneelseguessedtheanswertheyprovided.*Ifplayers/teamsactuallywrotethecorrectanswerontheircard,theyreceive3pointsinadditiontopointstheymayhavereceivedfromtheabove.


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TheBible

lightning

“TheangeloftheLorddescendedfromheaven,andcameandrolledbackthestonefromthedoor,andsatuponit.Hiscountenancewaslike…”

CricketinTimesSquare

ripplesinapond

“Circlesofsilencemovedthroughthecrowdlike…”

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

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sleighrunners

“Hisboottoeswereturnedsharplyup,like…”

Marlfox

anadder’sbite

“HervoicewasthatofatrueMarlfox,sweetashoneyanddeadlyas…”

CallItCourage

pluckedwires

“Thecordsthatheldthemasthummedlike…”

JohnnyTremain

thechirpingofacricket

“Themusic,smallas_____________________,filledthatsilence.”

TheBigWave

avelvetcarpet

“Thegroundwascoveredwithdeepgreenmoss…Everydaygardenerssweptthemosswithbamboobroomsuntilitwaslike…”

Rascal

fishhooks

“Porcupinescan’tthrowtheirquills.Thesebarbedharpoons,however,…stayinthefleshofenemieslike…”

CallItCourage

acoldhand

“Silencegrippedthem,andachillofawetouchedthemlike…”


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TEETER‐TOTTERSADVERBIALTEETER‐TOTTERS

Adverbialteeter‐tottersarebuiltaroundaverbbecauseadverbsmostoftenmodify

verbs.Twoadverbs(‐lywords)areplacedbeforetheverb.Anadverbialclause

(www.asia.becauseclause)isplacedaftertheverb.

Directions:Onthefollowingpage,trybuildingsometeeter‐tottersbyfollowingthe

stepsbelow.Inaclass,youmayworkinsmallgroups.Besuretoshareyourteeter‐

totterswiththeclassafteryouaredone.

1. Makethegivennounmorespecific.

2. Placeastrongverbinthefulcrum(triangle).

3. OntheLEFTsideoftheteeter‐totter,addtwo‐lywordstomodifyyourverb.

Ask,“Howorwhendiditverb?”

4. OntheRIGHTside,addawww.asia.b/cclause(when,while,where,as,since,

if,although,orbecause).

Example:

Thevehicle(1)Thestagecoach(3)suddenlyanduncontrollably(4)astheterrifieddriversteeredawayfromthecliff.

(2)tipped


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BUILDYOUROWNADVERBIALTEETER‐TOTTERS

Followthefourstepsonthepreviouspage.

Theboat

Thebird

Themoon

Thesoldier


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