Imagery
1. Review the meanings of 'imagery' and metaphors.
2. Pass out paper to the students and have them fold it in half.
3. Students will close their eyes and listen to the following passage;
Fog is a cloud based on a ground rather than in the atmosphere. Fog forms when there is a lot of moisture near the ground, or when the air near the ground cools to the dew point. The temperature to which air must be cooled in order for the water vapor in the air to condense into liquid water is known as the dew point. If air near the ground cools to this temperature, water vapor from the air will become visible as dew on the ground or fog in the air.
4. Once they have heard this passage, they will have time to draw whatever images the words cause them to visualize.
5. Now, students will close their eyes and listen to another passage:
Fog
by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
6. Students will now draw what they visualize after hearing this poem.
7. When the students have finished drawing their pictures, ask them the following questions:
a. What are the
similarities between the two readings? What are the differences?
b. How are your two drawings similar? What are the
differences?
c. Which was easier to draw? Why?
d. How do the two drawings present different perspectives on
or information about fog?
8. After this discussion, students read and made a list of words that appealed to their senses (imagery).
