and will better understand several types of figurative language.
Next time you should be able to (on your own) recognize protagonists and antagonists and some examples of figurative language.
Announcements and Reminders: Hand in your plot maps for "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and "Smallest Dragon Boy" if you haven't yet.
1. iRead:
Pick up a new reading log and your composition book.
Today you may read your choice of reading materials.
Individual Reading Time and Fill Out Your Reading Log.
2. iCalendar: New Pair-Ups
3. iWrite: The Good Guys and the Bad Guys January 22/23, 2013
(Protagonists and Antagonists)
Make four columns, and fill in as many sets as you can:
Title of a
book, story, movie, TV show
|
the good guy(s)
(protagonists)
|
the bad guy(s)
(antagonists)
|
Type of Conflict *
|
The Three Little Pigs
|
The Pigs
|
The Wolf
|
Man vs. Man
|
Rikki-tikki-tavi
|
|||
The Smallest Dragon Boy
|
|||
Three Skeleton Key
|
|||
Now add as
|
many of your
|
own as you
|
can think of.
|
*Types of Conflict:
Man vs. Man,
Man vs. Self, Man vs.
Society, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. the Supernatural, Society vs. Society
4. Pair Share -- literally. You may copy the ones you like from your partner's chart.
5. iRead and iLearn:
Take out your reading guide for "Three Skeleton Key" (32 minutes)
page 65
Follow the directions on the Reading Guide. - Finish listening to and reading along with the short story,
- “Three Skeleton Key” by George C. Toudouze.
- Follow the directions on the Reading Guide.
To answer question c., see page 68, paragraphs 4-5 and page 73, paragraph 2.
A1 15:02 end of second paragraph on page 71 "every rat leaped to attack. . " to end.
A3 15:21 end of third paragraph on page 71 "bronze set in granite"
A4 16:16 bottom of page 71, 1st column, ended at "prisoners of a horde of starving rats"
B7 21:08 page 73, column 1, to fifth paragraph
B8 24:44 page 74, to the last paragraph
Here is the reading guide we used today. Download it by clicking here:
Three Skeleton Key Reading Guide.doc
5. iLearn and Compete: Figurative Language
In groups you will race to find figurative language in the short story we just read.
If you were absent, you can view the PowerPoint about several types of figurative language:
Figurative Language for Blog.ppt
A1 viewed the PowerPoint, but did not play the game.
A3 viewed the PowerPoint, but did not play the game.
A4 viewed the PowerPoint, and did one slide of the game.
If you're feeling behind:
Use the links on these posts to read the stories if you missed them, or to reread them for understanding. Use the links to download the assignments.
Hand in your plot maps for "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and "Smallest Dragon Boy."
Study how a plot works, using this example plot map.
Plot for Rikki-tikki-tavi (1).doc
