Exploring Language

1. Exploring Language Come in and clear desks- copy homework, take out notebooks, 1st block read silently. Agendas- Copy- Quiz tomorrow- vocabulary and Figurative Language Study vocabulary words

2. Warm Up: Use simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole to describe three of the objects below.

3. Homework • Quiz tomorrow- vocabulary and Figurative Language • Study vocabulary words

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4_3EAaLJ8 • Watch the short video and complete 3-2-1 • 3-new facts about similes and metaphors • 2-unanswered questions about similes and metaphors • 1- overall summary of the video

5. Poetry Figurative Language Hunt • Use the poems in your text book to complete the chart. • Each center will have a different poem to complete a different line. • Work with your groups to earn bonus tickets and rewards. • Technology: Use your technology to look up any unknown words in the poem or background knowledge before you read. • Remember the expectations for centers

6. Figurative Language • Simile: She shines bright like a diamond- She does her own thing. • Metaphor: a heart of a lion- no fear, courage, brave • Hyperbole: He is taller than a giant.- 6’2 very tall • Personification: The sunlight danced across my window- shined through brightly

7. Center One • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • Like Bookends • Page 583

8. Center Two • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • The Village Blacksmith • Page 596

9. Center Three • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • Change • Page 604

10. Center Four • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • Night Journey • Page 618

11. Center Five • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • Is the moon tired? • Page 631

12. Center Six • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • I’m Nobody Who are you? • Page 630

13. Center Seven • Use the chart to analyze the poem: • Mooses • Page 632-633

14. Ticket Out • Why do we use figurative language? • What are the benefits of FL?