Perfect Personification and Awesome Oxymorons!

This is an exciting and engaging lesson/set of tasks aiming to build students’ skills at using personification and oxymorons in their writing . It was taught during an observation lesson where the teacher received an Outstanding judgement.

Students learn to:
- Define and give examples of what personification and oxymorons are;
- Identify personification and oxymorons in fun and interesting examples;
- Analyse what makes them effective;
- Create their own personification and oxymorons using step-by-step advice;
- Peer assess using a clear and succinct success criteria.

It comes complete with:
- Engaging and visual PowerPoint to guide students (and teacher!) through the lesson;
- Colourful and thought-provoking two-part worksheet for the two main create tasks;
- Lesson plan/ teacher guidance sheet, which goes through the lesson step-by-step;
All pictures are licensed for commercial use, and image authors cited on the final slide.

This lesson can also be bought as part of the Descriptive Devices bundle for just £5. The bundle leads students through each language device needed in order to write to describe confidently.

Alternatively, you can buy the Descriptive Writing Big Bundle (All descriptive devices lessons, structuring and organising writing lesson, capturing the readers attention lesson, and the literacy writing mat) for £6.