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Grammar Monday

Grammar Monday. Number #1-10 and prepare for 7 th grade grammar review! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnXUWJz0sE http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/. Hatchet, or other novel- Read Chapter 4. After reading, answer the following questions:

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Grammar Monday

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  1. Grammar Monday • Number #1-10 and prepare for 7th grade grammar review! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnXUWJz0sE • http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

  2. Hatchet, or other novel- Read Chapter 4 After reading, answer the following questions: • 1. Sometimes Brian’s thoughts go back to an earlier time, when he was with his mother. What effect do these breaks or flashbacks have on the story? • 2. Are Brian’s reactions to the pilot’s death and the crash realistic? Does Brian seem like a real thirteen year old? Explain. Other novel- Give three characteristics of the main character. Draw an illustration of the setting.

  3. Poetry:Figurative Language An Introduction

  4. Table Jam- Poetry and Figurative Language • When I say go, begin writing all words that you can think of that make you think of poetry and figurative language. • After 2 minutes, you will have 1 minute to “spy” on others papers. • You will have 1 minute to add your ideas to the paper.

  5. Types of Figurative Languageoften used in Poetry: • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole

  6. Windowpane Notes • Fold your paper into 6 sections. We will take notes in each square describing the figurative language term. • In each box, write the term, the definition, example, and a picture or symbol.

  7. Figurative Language Tutorials • www.discoveryeducation.com • “Figurative Language” 5 minutes • “Polar Penguins” 5 minutes • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbV81Ilq0I 10 minutes

  8. Simile • An implied comparison usually using “like” or “as”

  9. Simile • Life is likea box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.

  10. Simile • He ran down the field like a freight train.

  11. Simile • She was as quiet as a mouse.

  12. Metaphor • The process of describing one thing as if it were another. • Does not use “like” or “as”

  13. Metaphor • Our project is almost finished. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

  14. Metaphor • He had butterflies in his stomach.

  15. Metaphor • He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders.

  16. Personification • A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.

  17. Personification • The sun peeked over the mountain tops.

  18. Personification • One lonely slice of pizza remained.

  19. Personification • After a long day of work, the swimming pool was calling my name.

  20. Alliteration • The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more closely associated words.

  21. Alliteration • Like loads of laundry lying on the lovely linoleum.

  22. Alliteration • Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

  23. Alliteration • Those creepy crawly critters caused a cramp in my cranium.

  24. Onomatopoeia • A word that imitates the sound it represents.

  25. Onomatopoeia • The water gurgled as it flowed down the drain.

  26. Onomatopoeia • The storm clouds rumbled across the sky.

  27. Onomatopoeia • It seemed everyone was sniffling during the cold and flu season.

  28. Hyperbole • Use of extreme exaggeration to make a point • “I am so hungry I could eat a horse.”

  29. Types of Figurative Language • Simile • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia

  30. Identifying Similes and Metaphors in Pop Culture • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFeAgUzpEQ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL-wEe03hc • Record 2 similes and 2 metaphors as you view the video examples. • What does the author really mean?

  31. Parallel groups: • Group 1(Practice)- Search and Rescue the statements around the room that have figurative language examples. Record the correct term from notes with the letter of the statement. • Group 2(Vocabulary)- Create a comic strip or short story using the following vocabulary from Hatchet: amphibious, audible, hummocks, turbulence, wince (use dictionaries to write definitions before you begin).

  32. Eye on Idioms • http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/ • Let’s compete in a jeopardy style game to test our knowledge of idioms. • http://www.quia.com/cb/103072.html

  33. “Sort it Out” Figurative Language Practice • Using the chart, record 3 examples of each using the bank of figurative language statements. • Work with a partner to categorize, then draw one example from each box on the back of the square.

  34. Poetry Practice: p. 628-634 Choose one poem to read and analyze: • “I’m Nobody, Who are you?” p. 630 • “Is the Moon Tired?” p. 631 • “Mooses” p. 632 Record 3 examples of figurative language within the poem.

  35. Compare and Contrast Genres • Continue your chart of “Hatchet” versus “Alaska Experiment” documentary. • Record 2 similarities and 2 differences as we view. • www.discoveryeducation.com

  36. Ticket out: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwbMiZUZ0M • I think… • I learned… • I know…

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