Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday/Wednesday, May 14/15, 2019:
There are 12 days of school left. Get caught up if you need to, and stay strong!
Classroom library books should all be returned by Friday, May 17.
BRING A PHOTO You will need to bring a photo of yourself doing something -- by May 20. We are going to use them to make small posters. You will write about that experience using figurative language. A-Day: If you didn't get a poem checked off last time, please do it today or ASAP! The test on word parts will be on May 22nd/23rd. Is there anyone who still needs to finish state testing? The rest of the year -- A Day 14th Practice word parts with Kahoot/ Book Groups -- assign posters A Day 16th Practice word parts with. . . .. / Book Groups -- posters A Day 20th work on posters -- book groups A Day 22nd Test on Word Parts and share posters -- book groups A Day 24th Watch The Outsiders -- about 60 minutes A Day -- 29th Watch The Outsiders -- about 60 minutes B Day 15th book groups, practice word parts, figurative language assignment -- B Day 17th book groups, make posters B Day 21st Watch The Outsiders B Day 23rd Word Parts Test -- The Outsiders May 28 is Yearbook Day |
Targets for Today:
I can read and discuss a book.
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Today’s Agenda for Tuesday/Wednesday, May 14/15, 2019:
A-Day Students -- If you didn't get a poem checked off last time, please do it today or ASAP.
All 1. Introducing the figurative language assignment 2. Practice word parts with Kahoot -- Test on May 22nd/May 23rd.
3. Book Groups
Meet Briefly to decide which pages you will discuss today. Read for 30 minutes Write in your composition book or on a sheet of paper -- One comment, one question, and, if you have one, one AHA moment. Discuss You will turn in to me as a group -- a best question, a best comment, etc. A Long Walk to Water Refugee     Mississippi Trial, 1955       |
If You Were Absent:
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Vocabulary:
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Help and
Enrichment
Bring a photo of yourself doing something.
Figurative Language
Figurative Language and Your Assignment
Figuratively Speaking Poster
By May _________– for English class
Bring a photo of yourself DOING SOMETHING.
In class you will create a poster about that photo including
-1 simile
-1 metaphor
-1 hyperbole
-1 personification
-1 onomatopoeia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9GqATedqPQ
or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmjIPRqPChs -1 allusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_53YsFkFZ4&list=PLX5KCivQH9mwGMbZQcuUmLagm3AExxRcf Extra credit for alliteration (at least three or more repetitions of a sound)
Sample picture and Figurative Language
from the famous Ms. Dorsey
Though the night was as dark as pitch, (simile/comparison)
seeing the play Nosferatu live on stage was a dream come true. (metaphor)
We were dying to meet the actor who played the title role. (hyperbole)
You can tell that the camera loved us as we danced with the vampire after the show. (personification)
Thud, thud, stomp, stomp went our feet. (onomatopoeia)
This was a vampire who neither sparkled nor made girls swoon,
but spending time with him was a thriller. (allusions)
Very soon the villainous, vigorous, voracious vampire
vanished from view. (alliteration)
Extra Credit: Memorize Poetry -- You could pick one of these to learn. |
