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Friday, January 3, 2014 B Day. YOU NEED : Planner Sharpened Pencil(s) Action 100 Materials Hard-working attitude!. Happy Friday! Please have your Action 100 materials out (reading log, folder, reading notebook, and reading book) and ready for the day.
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Friday, January 3, 2014B Day • YOU NEED: • Planner • Sharpened Pencil(s) • Action 100 Materials • Hard-working attitude! Happy Friday! Please have your Action 100 materials out (reading log, folder, reading notebook, and reading book) and ready for the day. Fill out your planner for today and tomorrow. Raise your hand when you are done so I can check it.
Friday, January 3, 2014B Day • YOU NEED: • Planner • Sharpened Pencil(s) • Action 100 Materials • Hard-working attitude! Today’s Agenda: • Attendance • Read Aloud • Reader’s Response • Read to Self/Conferencing/Small Groups • Reading Log/Vocab Log • Subjects and Verbs Review • Pronouns and Figurative Language • Dismissal
Friday, January 3, 2014B Day • YOU NEED: • Planner • Sharpened Pencil(s) • Action 100 Materials • Hard-working attitude! Today’s Learning Objective: • I can demonstrate my knowledge of figurative language by writing a paragraph and including figurative language in that paragraph. I am doing this to confirm my understanding of figurative language and to help me to acquire the required knowledge to complete my character sketch.
Missing Work/Behind on Reading Steps • If you are missing ANY work, you are in for lunch until it is turned in. • If you are more than 10 steps behind on reading steps, you are in here at lunch until you are caught up.
Reader’s Response • Find an example of figurative language in your story. Write down the figurative language and identify what type of figurative language it is. • I am looking for: • A minimum of three, complete sentences • Details supporting your answer • All parts of the question answered • Your answer written neatly-if I can’t read it, you don’t get credit • In return, you will earn points towards leveling up in Action 100.
Conferencing/Small Groups2/3 • Mrs. Frutiger • Individual Conference: Aldin • Small Group: Lindsey, Riley, Adna • Mrs. Stanich • Individual Conference: Jasmine, Angel, Morgan
Conferencing/Small Groups6/7 • Mrs. Frutiger • Individual Conference: Drew • Small Group: Ayza, Emma M., Vinny • Mrs. Stanich • Individual Conference: Cole, Erica, Maddy
Learning Objective • I can demonstrate my knowledge of figurative language by writing a paragraph and including figurative language in that paragraph. I am doing this to confirm my understanding of figurative language and to help me to acquire the required knowledge to complete my character sketch.
Subject and Verbs • The subject is who or what the sentence is about • The verb is what the person or thing is doing or their state of being (is, are, am, were, was, etc.)
What is the subject/verb? • We don’t have school on Monday. • My alarm didn’t go off this morning. • How old are you?
Pronouns • A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Pronouns can be in one of three cases: Subject, Object, or Possessive. I, you, we, he, she, it, they
Samples • My mom said she was hungry for dinner. • I told the studentsthey needed to do their homework. • The flower was bright red and it smelled wonderful.
Figurative Language • Simile-compares two things using “like” or “as” • Her hands were as cold as ice. • Metaphor-compares two things but does not use “like” or “as” • The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur. • Onomatopoeia-words that sound like the sound they make • Plop, buzz, boing • Alliteration-repeating the same letter, sound, or group of sounds in a sentence • She sells seashells by the seashore.
Samples • As she dreamed about winning, her eyes become stars twinkling with possibilities. • The thump, boom, bang of my sister hitting tennis balls against our garage door was very irritating. • His hair was as black as coal. • Plop, kerplunk, plop went the ice as I dropped it into my glass.
Writing Activity • You have ten minutes to write about the prompt that I give you. • You need to include pronouns and one of each type of figurative language.
Learning ObjectiveReview • I can demonstrate my knowledge of figurative language by writing a paragraph and including figurative language in that paragraph. I am doing this to confirm my understanding of figurative language and to help me to acquire the required knowledge to complete my character sketch. • Thumbs up if you did this and can teach it to someone else • Thumbs sideways if you did this, and you understand it, but you need more practice before you can teach it to someone else • Thumbs down if you did this but don’t understand it