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Lesson Plan
Onomatopoeia: Writing Sound
By Leilani Hickerson
Teacher: Leilani Hickerson
Grade Level: 5
Lesson Title: Onomatopoeia: Writing Sound
Brief Introduction/History:
Advertising uses onomatopoeia as a mnemonic, so consumers will remember their products, as in Alka-Seltzer's "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!" jingle, recorded in two different versions (big band and rock) by Sammy Davis, Jr. Rice Krispies (US and UK) and Rice Bubbles (AU) make a "snap, crackle, pop" when one pours on milk.
During the 1930s, the illustrator Vernon Grant developed Snap, Crackle and Pop as gnome-like mascots for the Kellogg Company. Sounds surface in road safety advertisements: "clunk click, every trip" (click the seatbelt on after clunking the car door closed; UK campaign) or "click, clack, front and back" (click, clack of connecting the seatbelts; AU campaign) or "click it or ticket" (click of the connecting seatbelt; US DOT campaign).
Comic strips and comic books made extensive use of onomatopoeia. Popular culture historian Tim DeForest noted the impact of writer-artist Roy Crane, the creator of Captain Easy and Buz Sawyer: In 2002, DC Comics introduced a villain named Onomatopoeia, an athlete, martial artist and weapons expert who only speaks sounds.
Standards:
9.1.5
A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.
B. Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.
C. Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the art forms.
Goal: Students will learn the uses of onomatopoeia and complete a Word Cloud and post it into their online blogs.
Objectives: Students will:
1. Students will learn how to analyze text
2. Students will explore critical thinking
3. Students will exercise typing skills
4. Students will learn how to use a new software application
5. Students will be complete a Word Cloud inspired by comic book onomatopoeia.
Resource Materials/Visual Aids:
· Various age appropriate comic books and comic strips
· Online Comic book/Advertising/Comic Strip examples
· Power Point Presentation
· Live demonstration using Wordle software, so students may effectively observe the proper procedure of creating the lesson exercise
Supplies/Materials:
· Computer/Laptops
· Internet Access
· Overhead projector
· Electronic White Board or Smart Board
· Programs: Microsoft Word/Word Pad/ Note Pad or similar program
Teacher Preparation: Teacher will:
· Will provide handout of word balloons/onomatopoeia examples/templates
· Will have comic books and comic strips on student desks
· Will provide instructions to Wordle lesson in class blog/homework lessons page online
Introduction to Lesson: Teacher will review the uses of word balloons in comic books and comic strips. Teacher will then ask students to verbally make sounds of a variety of different animals, objects, or actions and spell them on the electronic board. Teacher will introduce the uses of onomatopoeia in advertising and in comic book platforms. Teacher will then read aloud a page from an action packed scene from a web comic, making sure to emphasize the uses of onomatopoeia. Suggested readings can be located here: http://www.kidjutsu.com/
Onomatopoeia: Writing Sound
Directions:
1. Show students examples of word balloons and onomatopoeia using power point presentation. Briefly introduce its uses in common advertisements then further illustrate its uses in comic book/strips.
2. Asks students to verbally make sounds that imitate an object found in the room, animal, or action. Ask each student to spell out how that particular sound may appear in word/words, taking turns on the Electronic Smart Board.
3. Show students how to use the online software Wordle, and ask them how Word Clouds and Word Balloons in comics are similar. Ask students if they think that Word Clouds in Wordle were inspired by word balloons in comic books/strips or vice versa? What came first?
4. Asks to open the program Microsoft ***Note – show students how to disable spell checker
5. Provide students with enough time during lesson to explore different online comic books at kidjutsu.com. Students may also choose from the box of comic books/strips located in the center of the classroom.
6. Using Microsoft Word instruct students to begin typing out a list of words exercising the use of onomatopoeia they have found.
7. Students will then create an onomatopoeia word cloud using the software Wordle.
8. Students will write a short response below their word cloud image about the comic books they used for reference, making sure to cite the Title, Date, and author of the online publication.
Closure: Students will post the completed Wordle to their personal blogs and homework lesson plans page online classroom.
Critique/Evaluation/Assessment: Rubric. Students will be evaluated on the following criteria: use of onomatopoeia, use of online sources, and complexity of word cloud attempted.
Time Budget:
10 min – Introduction
15 min – Online Comic Research /Bookmarking/Citing Sources
15 min – Working Time
5 min – Warning to wrap up word balloon assignment and computer shutdown/ student log out
Vocabulary:
onomatopoeia - are words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make.
word balloon - Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, strips, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic.
emphasis – stress made to fall on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking.
mnemonic - relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.
Safety Concerns: None
