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Figurative and Sensory Language

Figurative and Sensory Language. Warm Up. Read silently for 10 minutes. Write a five sentence summary of what you have read . Poetry Workshop. Read page 436 in your text book (silently or with a partner) List the five most important ideas/ facts in your interactive notebook.

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Figurative and Sensory Language

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  1. Figurative and Sensory Language

  2. Warm Up • Read silently for 10 minutes. • Write a five sentence summary of what you have read.

  3. Poetry Workshop • Read page 436 in your text book (silently or with a partner) • List the five most important ideas/ facts in your interactive notebook.

  4. Let’s read a poem…remember the steps for poetry analysis: • 1. Read it at least twice. • 2. Look for sensory language and figurative language • 3. NOTATE EVERY STANZA! –seriously it helps… • 4. Write theme/ main idea at the bottom

  5. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: Page 288 • What is the message in the poem? • What figurative or sensory language is used? • What conflict does the speaker face? • Think back to when we read Tuesday of the Other June. How were the conflicts similar? Different? • Do the two texts have similar themes (lessons)?

  6. Summary • How does the poem Life Doesn’t Frighten Me connect to you?

  7. Warm Up- Copy these vocabulary words and definitions • Connotation • Denotation • Tone • Mood • Dialect • Diction • Imagery • Audience

  8. In groups… • You will be assigned a new vocabulary word from the list. • Create a poster and presentation to teach the word to the class. • INCLUDE ON YOUR POSTER • Definition of the word in your own words • 2 synonyms • 2 examples • Picture • Present to the class TODAY!

  9. Present Poster • Speak clearly • Everyone Speaks • No nerves

  10. Warm Up: • Give an example of each: • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Simile • Personification

  11. What is denotation? The strict dictionary meaning of a word

  12. What is connotation? The emotional and imaginative feelings surrounding a word

  13. Purpose of Words • To label things • I live in ahouse. • To express a point of view • I can’t wait to go home for the holidays.

  14. Positive- brings good feelings We bought inexpensive souvenirs at the amusement park. Negative- brings bad feelings We bought cheap souvenirs at the amusement park. Connotation

  15. Connotation: Positive • Everyone had a (smile, smirk) on his/her face on the ride home. • Everyone had a smile on his/her face on the way home. • SMILE is more positive than smirk

  16. Connotation: Negative I ate a (soggy,moist) sandwich. I ate a soggysandwich SOGGY is more negative than moist

  17. Positive? You Decide! averagemediocre childishchildlike spitsaliva antiqueold-fashioned

  18. Read the poem- Home Away from Home • Answer the questions about connotation

  19. Ticket Out • One sentence summary- what did you learn about connotation and denotation?

  20. Warm Up • Mood

  21. Eleven- • Listen to the story Eleven • Page 198- Literature Book • Page - interactive reader • In the interactive reader make notes and answer questions in the margins.

  22. Use the chart to analyze the elements in the text (Figurative language, sensory, imagery, connotation)

  23. Writing Time • Write a paragraph to explain how the words and phrases used in Eleven created a mood or feeling. Use the chart to help you site specific examples in the text. • Write in interactive notebook.

  24. Warm Up • Focused Free write • What is the best part about growing up? What is the worst part? Explain.

  25. Uncle Septimus’ Beard • Listen to the story Uncle Septimus’ beard • Page - Literature Book • Page - interactive reader • In the interactive reader make notes and answer questions in the margins.

  26. Use the chart to analyze the elements in the text (Figurative language, sensory, imagery, connotation)

  27. Writing Time • Write a paragraph to explain how the words and phrases used in Uncle Septimus’ Beard created a mood or feeling. Use the chart to help you site specific examples in the text. • Write in interactive notebook.

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