Announcements and Reminders: Students who have not finished the SAGE writing test will be able to go to Lab 223 to finish it.
If you have not turned in your January/February Book Assessment, turn that in as soon as possible.
Today:
1. Prepare to go to Lab 223. Bring a pencil and a book and the handout for analogies.
2. In the lab, if you have not finished your SAGE Writing Test, you will work on that. Please remember to do your best.
3. For those who have finished SAGE testing, you will also come to the lab. You will QUIETLY and INDIVIDUALLY work on the following:
A. Use the links below to access games to learn about analogies:
1. Log-in to the computer.
2. Open a browser.
3. Go to cavemanenglish.blogspot.com to access the links to analogy games.
4. Use this link: http://www.tri-valley.k12.oh.us/olc/page.aspx?id=17503&s=572
5. First play Analogy Battleship and fill out your worksheet for types of analogies.
6. Select from these games to play more:
Analogy Game
Analogy Jeopardy
You may also use
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/analogies/middle-school/middle-school-analogy-match/
http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/ReadingFun3-6/ReadingFun_Analogies.htm
7. When you are done practicing with analogies, read your individual reading book.
--This
is where you find the type of analogy relationship. This one is “synonym.”
-- This (magnanimous: generous :: petulant: testy) is an example of a synonym analogy.
You would read it this way --
"magnanimous is to generous as petulant is to testy."
Magnanimous and generous mean the same thing.
Petulant and testy mean the same thing.
You would read it this way --
"magnanimous is to generous as petulant is to testy."
Magnanimous and generous mean the same thing.
Petulant and testy mean the same thing.
Tip:
In the Battleship game, if you give the wrong answer, and the space turns orange, you can click on it and try again until you get the correct answer.
