Announcements and Reminders:
Pick up your composition book. Mrs. Mace is coming on Friday! She'll be in my room during cavetime, so come by if you'd like to see her!
May 15: All books should have already been returned to Ms. Dorsey's classroom.
You will finish up your figurative language poster today. May 24: Locker Clean-Out May 25: Yearbook Day: Attend all classes. Stay in your classroom until dismissed. J-Dawgs are available for lunch. May 26: 8:15 - 10:00 These people may still need to finish SAGE Testing. Please go to Lab 224.
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Targets for Today:
I can recognize specific elements of literature.
(Utah State Core Language Arts: Reading Literature, Standards 3 and 4)
Specifically, I can recognize and write
simile metaphor personification onomatopoeia hyperbole allusion alliteration
(I can use commas correctly. ) A2 took the test.
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Today’s Agenda:
Pick up your composition book. Under Writing Prompts, label this response "Mothers?" Add today's date. Listen to the podcast (4 minutes), then write about a half page response. Is the message that ""we don't really need mothers; in fact, life might be more fun without them ... that it could be a life of pure adventure." Is that right? Why do authors choose to get the mother (or father or both parents) out of the way?  http://www.npr.org/2014/07/13/330728443/kids-films-and-stories-share-a-dark-theme-dead-mothers Review: More Literal vs. Figurative" Figurative Language: Have you finished reading "Amigo Brothers"?
Page 244 in our literature textbook, or
If you haven't yet played Kahoot for figurative language, play it after a quick review of Figurative Language.
In the news: 
Finish Figurative Language Posters -- 10 to 15 minutes
_____________________ A2 did the review and took the test. If time, take a comma quiz on Mastery Connect. If not, we will take it next time. Hint: Read each sentence, watching for where you would slightly pause. Many sentences are made up of chunks of words. Sometimes we use commas between the chunks to keep the meaning clear (and to give us a chance to breath.) Pay attention to these examples. After midnight, we should all be in bed. Although Jason wanted to eat the doughnut, he knew he should save it for Henry. After the seventh grade dance, we went out for ice cream. American Fork Junior High, the best junior high in the district, is known for great music programs. The last day of school will be only two hours long, so some students are staying home. Yearbook Day is not a day for classwork, but almost everyone wants to come to spend time with friends. Dear Jasper, Thanks for being my friend this year and for helping me so much with math! Sincerely, Lloyd No, I didn't buy a yearbook. Oh, I should have handed in that assignment last time! Jerry, did you go to the play? I'm sorry, Mrs. Dorsey, that I forget to bring my photo last time. B6 to here. We will, however, have about ten minutes to finish the assignment today. I plan, of course, to bring my photo today. |
If You Were Absent:
See above.
Finish your poster if you haven't.
Be prepared for your comma test by studying your comma packet. |
Vocabulary:
Simile A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. Example: busy as a bee He fought like a lion. That joke went over like a lead balloon. In my bright yellow shirt, I stood out like a sore thumb. NOTE: Many comparisons using the word "than" are more accurately hyperbole instead of simile. Metaphors The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. A metaphor makes a direct comparison - it says you are something. Example: You are what you eat. The clouds were ghostly ships, sailing through darkened seas. Personification A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug. Alliteration The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore. Onomatopoeia The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action. Example: snap, crackle, pop Hyperbole An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles. Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all. She was crying her face off. Allusion an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Example from a student in A1: "I bent it like Beckham." -- telling about his soccer game.
http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/figurative-langu
Allusion examples: http://blog.flocabulary.com/allusion/
The word hyperbole comes from --
about1520; < Greek hyperbolḗ excess, exaggeration,throwing beyond,
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