Just a few things…

1. Just a few things… • If I haven’t told you yet, or if you don’t know, there is a link to my WEEBLY on the school website. My WEEBLY webpage has all my powerpoints and all of our handouts. • We now have an active word wall!!! Those are the words/terms we have learned so far. YAY!

2. Just a few things… • I finished reading about HALF of your autobiographies • I am happy to say they were quite good!!! Round of applause! • HOWEVER!!! MANY MANY MANY!!! Of you have TONS of grammatical errors • As a result, I WILL TRY MY BEST to go over grammar and such things with you all.

3. Just a few things… • We will no longer be doing the chair thing every morning. Most of you do not take it seriously, make fun of it, say bad things, and waste time. Some of you are not mature enough to do it. So I will just remove it from our daily routine. • However, I will still shake your hands every day.

4. Just a few things… • I am starting to get very angry with students talking while I am talking. • I have been very nice and very easy going for the past month. • For the most part, you are all really great. However, you all have your moments. • PLEASE DO NOT TALK while I am up here lecturing. • It is BEYOND RUDE and GETS ON MY NERVES LIKE NO OTHER.

5. RULES • TO make it easier for ME and for YOU • I have adapted Mr. P’s 5 golden rules. • Follow directions quickly! • Raise your hand to leave your seat! • Raise your hand for permission to speak! • Make smart choices! • KEEP YOUR DEAR TEACHER HAPPY!!!!!!!!

6. Rules • To prevent you from going insane in my class we will go over these rules EVERY SINGLE DAY so I remain SANE • I LOVE YOU ALL WITH ALL MY HEART • But sometimes you drive me crazy I just can’t sleep • I want to have fun in class just as much as you do • So if you behave…I will give you free time

7. Rules • I HAVE ALSO adopted Mr. P’s point system • I LOVE THIS!!! • When you are good and follow directions and complete your work in a timely manner, you will get points to have FREE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! • 1 point = 5 min of computer time or homework time or talking time • When we finish a day EARLY because we worked so hard and quickly! You will get free time • If we follow directions awesomely and you behave well in class…and we DON’T finish class early…I will give you free time at the END of the week as promised. =)

8. Recap • Follow directions quickly. • Raise your hand to leave your seat. • Raise your hand for permission to speak. • Make smart choices. • Keep your dear teacher happy!!!

9. Tutoring • Tutoring begins THIS FRIDAY • MY TUTORS!!! I regret to inform you that we will not be needing your services at this point in time… • We will just be going over logistics • However, I will inform you swiftly when I will be needing your services in the very near future • I thank you for your concern

10. Borrowing Books • I have decided to allow people to borrow my books to take home • YOU MUST TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!! So I can write down who borrowed what book and when!!!! • If you have a request for a book…please let me know and I will do my best to obtain it for you =) • THUS FAR our MOST POPULAR BOOKS ARE: THE DIVERGENT SERIES • SHIVER • THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS • THE HUNGER GAMES • MATCHED TRILOGY

11. Any questions thus far?

12. Quick Review! • What is the difference between • THERE • THEIR • THEY’RE • I have decided to call these things CONFUSABLES!!! Because they are CONFUSING!!!

13. There their they’re • OVER THERE • THAT IS THEIR BOOK • THEY’RE RIGHT!

14. Review • What is the difference between • ITS • IT’S

15. ITS IT’S • IT’S = IT IS • ITS = possession

16. Review • What is the difference between • KNOW • NOW

17. KNOW NOW • KNOW is KNOWING SOMETHING • I KNOW HOW TO BAKE A CAKE • NOW is RIGHT NOW! • I NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM RIGHT NOW! • NOW is shorter than KNOW because it is an emergency!!!! NOW NOW NOW!!! • In order to KNOW something…you need extra time…that is why there is an extra letter at the beginning.

18. Review • WHAT IS TONE?

19. Tone • What the author is THINKING… • It is not WHAT we say it is HOW we say it

20. Review • What is mood?

21. Mood • It is the FEELING of the writing • It is usually WHERE and WHEN we say it • It is the ATMOSPHERE THE SURROUNDING AND THE FEEEEELINGG

22. Review • What is imagery?

23. Imagery • Words the author uses to create vivid mental images in the reader’s mind…usually using the five senses: touch, taste, sight, sound, smell. • The hot blazing orange sun burned against my skin as I smelled the sizzling heat rise from my flesh. • IT WAS HOT AS HELL LAST WEEKEND!!! • (what literary device did I use? It starts with an S and it also starts with an H)

24. Review • What is a metaphor?

25. Metaphor • The comparison of two UNLIKE things • Usually using IS and ARE • And Juliet IS the sun!

26. Review • What is simile?

27. Simile • The comparison of two unlike things • Using LIKE or AS • She is as tall as the tree • Life is like a box of chocolates

28. Review • What is personification?

29. Personification • Giving NON HUMAN things HUMAN qualities • The cloud cried over my house

30. Toy Story

31. Cars

32. Finding Nemo

33. Review • What is Hyperbole?

34. Hyperbole • Extreme exaggeration to describe something • Yo mama is so old…Jesus signed her yearbook. • Yo mama has so many gaps in her teeth, her tongue looks like it’s in jail • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhmtw1Gz0U

35. Review • What is alliteration?

36. Alliteration • The repetition of the first word • She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

37. Review • What is onomatopoeia?

38. Onomatopoeia • SOUND WORDS • The truck went BEEP BEEP BEEP when it backed up

39. Figurative Language • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14SEC1vuvoc

40. Any questions?

41. Moving on

42. Poetry We began our poetry unit by studying TONE, MOOD. Then we studied IMAGERY because poetry has so much imagery. Then we studied metaphor and simile because poetry has tons of those as well.

43. Poetry • We began with song lyrics because they are pretty much poems as well • Then we learned personification, alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia using Shel Silverstein for practice • Today, we will begin reading ACADEMIC-LITERARY-CANON Poetry

44. Poetry • This is in your BLUE hand out you may take notes if you wish on your blue hand out or in your note book • Poetry is usually broken up in STANZAS

45. Stanzas • Stanzas are basically a group of lines in a poem In the sun, the rain is misty and bright. Warm and often relaxing. In the dark, the rain is hazy and black. Cold and often threatening. This very short poem as only TWO stanzas.

46. Theme • Theme is the CENTRAL IDEA TO A LITERARY WORK • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM

47. Theme • Today, we will read several poems and we will discuss them together as class

48. Mother To Son by Langston Hughes • Raise your hand if your mom and/or dad came to the United States for the American Dream? • Raise your hand if your mom and/or dad works day and night in order for you to have a good life and to provide for you? • How do you feel about that? • Why do you think they do it?

49. Mother to Son by Langston Hughes • What kinds of hardships did your parents have to endure? • What do they do? How hard to they work? • Do you think it is worth it?

50. Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time 
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.