Students will write in their journals about the differences their predictions were compared to reality. Writing the word personification on the board, the teacher will explain that they will be doing question only strategy. The students will then ask the teacher yes and no questions. After the students fill that they know the main points to personification the teacher will give a 6 question true and false quiz. Teacher will read information about personification.
Personification is defined by giving human characteristics or qualities to nonhumans.
Many of these human characteristics are exaggerations. Roald Dahl used many personifications in describing many of his characters in his books. Teacher will give the quiz to the students again and have them turn it in for comprehension and a grade. The students will then express some of the personification shown in James and the Giant Peach and also things that surprised them in comparison to their predictions. Teacher will ask the students to express some of the things in their own life that explain personification.