To help us understand personification better, we read the book, The Christmas Humbugs by Colleen Monroe. This picture book kept my third graders' attention and it's jam-packed-full of examples of personification! It's definitely a keeper.
After reading how the Humbugs tested the humans' holiday spirit, the kids were given the prompt: describe how the humbugs tested our school spirit. They had lots of creative ways for the Humbugs to test the students' school spirit (messing up our desks, ripping up the tests, eating all of the cafeteria food, etc). They can't wait to share their stories!!
