Grades 3–5
60+ Minutes
Narrative
VideosKinyel Friday is the author of children’s books, I Am My Hair, Swim Like the Fishes, and Not My Lisa, the first three books of the Believe in Me Series; I Feel You; and short story, Troubled Minds. Friday also runs KinYori Books LLC, a self-publishing company that produces books and other products to empower Black families.
You will learn how to use personification to describe different emotions.
STEP 1
First, watch the video. Then, answer this question in your writing journal: “How do you feel today? What is one that is making you feel this way?”
STEP 2
Sometimes, basic feeling words, like “good,” “sad,” and “angry” aren’t enough to describe how you feel, so it’s important to know a lot of different feeling words. Use page 1 of the Fill My Shoes—Handouts to create of a list of synonyms (words that are different from the original but have a similar meaning). After you’ve filled in your chart, circle...
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