Onomatopoeia Haunted House: A Fun Writing Activity!

1. OnomatopoeiaPart 2

2. Attention!!!!! Part 1 Haunted Onomatopoeia House can be purchased for $5.00. Otherwise, you can use parts of this PowerPoint to model Onomatopoeia and Personal Narrative Writing.

3. SAY IT!!!!! On-o-mat-o-poe-ia

4. What do you think On-o-mat-o-poe-ia means? Answer….. Onomatopoeia are words that pronounce sounds. They are sounds representing things or actions. Authors use them to make their writings livelier. For example…..

5. Let’s explore Onomatopoeia words • What sound does a bee make? • What sounds do fireworks make? • Answer: BUZZ • Boom, Pow Pow

6. Identify the Onomatopoeia word • Where are the Onomatopoeia words? • The witch waved her wand around the pumpkin and poof, a kitty cat appeared. Then the witch cackled.

7. Let’s try it again…. • Tick tock, tick tock went the old clock in the silent spooky house. • Where are the Onomatopoeia words?

8. Read the poem aloud… Boat Swoosh, swish Paddling down a creek. Splish, splash, whump A fish jumps on me. (Author Unknown) Where are the Onomatopoeia words?

9. Check for understanding? • What is Onomatopoeia? • Why is Onomatopoeia important to know? • (Discuss with your teacher and class.)

10. Other examples of Onomatopoeia Ding Dong Bang! click chatter Fizzle

11. Assignment #1 • Work in pairs of two • Write ten Onomatopoeia words. • Then, share with your teacher, who will write the words on chart paper.

12. Assignment #2 • You will be creating a Haunted Onomatopoeia House. • What type of Onomatopoeia words would you hear in a haunted house? Share with your teacher and classmates. Then, fill out the call out bubble Worksheet your teacher will Pass out.

13. Callouts Bubble Worksheet #1

14. Continue… • Directions: Fill out the “Call out Bubbles” with Onomatopoeia sound words that you would hear in a Haunted House. • Then, share with your teacher and classmates. • Color and cut out. Then, save in an envelope or folder. You will use these words for your haunted house.

15. Homework: Buy a foam black poster board for your Onomatopoeia Haunted House, Size 20x30. You will need this to make your Haunted House.

16. Day 2 REVIEW • What is Onomatopoeia? • How is it used? • Discuss with your teacher and the class.

17. You are going to make an Onomatopoeia haunted house. It is important to Follow Directions:

18. Materials/ Directions: • Colors (Crayons, color pencils) No markers! • Art sheets: 1) Roof 2) First Floor 3)Second Floor 4) Stairs. • You can draw spider webs, ghosts, cats, cracks on the walls, Etc. • Color all four sheets • Cut out. • Follow directions on this PowerPoint on how to paste and fold. Slides 18-21 (please go through these slides before students start this part of the project.)

19. About folding……Take notice of the awnings Fold the awnings up do not paste this part.

20. Continue … paste the stairs Paste the top rectangle to the back of the front house, first floor.

21. It should look like this Paste underneath

22. Example of what it should look like

23. Continue Day 3: • Today you will do cut outs and lots, and lots of folding. You will use the following worksheets: Ghosts, Bats, Moon, Tree , call out bubble worksheets: • Read the directions on the worksheets before you start. • View slides 23-27 before you start.

24. How to fold and paste your ghosts and bats The folding of your ghosts and bats should look like this. Paste only the head of the ghosts and the triangles of the bats on poster board. This will make your ghosts and bats stand out like they are flying in.

25. . Directions: Color the tree Paste Part A to Part B Cut: Fold solid lines on branches: Do not paste the branches that will be folded.

26. Fold the solid lines on the branches. To make the branches from your tree stand out.

27. What to do with your Call Out Bubbles • You will paste them on your haunted house. Paste them, where you would find those sounds.

28. Your Haunted House should look something like this.

29. Day 4: Final part of the project. • You will do a writing activity about your haunted house. • You will write an imagined Personal Narrative about your imagined experience in the haunted house. You must use Onomatopoeia words. Let’s explore more about what a Personal Narrative is.

30. What do you think a PERSONAL NARRATIVE is? • Answer: • It is a story told from your point of view. It can be true or imagined. • It is your experience of an event or events. FOR EXAMPLE

31. Mini Activity • Think about a happy moment in your life. • This could about a Surprise Birthday Party!!! A happy day at an amusement park. ETC.

32. Continue…… • Think about a happy moment. Write it on a piece of paper. Then, share with your partner. Tell them what happened from the beginning till the end. Secondly, give descriptive details about the scene and your feelings. • As your partner tells you their Personal Narrative, take notice of how the story has a Beginning, Middle, and End. Also, how it is told from their point of view.

33. Continue…… What do you think, you just did? (Let the kids answer) Answer: You just told your classmate a personal narrative (short story) of an experienced event. You will now make up an imagined Personal Narrative about a haunted house using your Onomatopoeia words. Include descriptive details and feelings. Remember, your story needs a Beginning, Middle, and End.

34. Read aloud with your teacher In the haunted, spooky house, I sat all by myself on the couch as the door bell kept ringing on its own. Ding Dong, Ding Dong the bell kept going. Then, a whispering voice said, “BOO.” I was so tired and frustrated that I yelled back at the ghost, “BOO HOO, YOU!!!” Where are the descriptive details? Where are the Onomatopoeia words? Where are the words that describe feelings?

35. Writing assignment • Group 1: writing worksheet # 1 • Group 2: writing worksheet #2 • Begin your haunted imagined experience.

36. When you are finished, share with your class.