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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 • 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/
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.
Poetry:Figurative Language An Introduction
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.
Types of Figurative Languageoften used in Poetry: • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole
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.
Figurative Language Tutorials • www.discoveryeducation.com • “Figurative Language” 5 minutes • “Polar Penguins” 5 minutes • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbV81Ilq0I 10 minutes
Simile • An implied comparison usually using “like” or “as”
Simile • Life is likea box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.
Simile • He ran down the field like a freight train.
Simile • She was as quiet as a mouse.
Metaphor • The process of describing one thing as if it were another. • Does not use “like” or “as”
Metaphor • Our project is almost finished. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Metaphor • He had butterflies in his stomach.
Metaphor • He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Personification • A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.
Personification • The sun peeked over the mountain tops.
Personification • One lonely slice of pizza remained.
Personification • After a long day of work, the swimming pool was calling my name.
Alliteration • The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more closely associated words.
Alliteration • Like loads of laundry lying on the lovely linoleum.
Alliteration • Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration • Those creepy crawly critters caused a cramp in my cranium.
Onomatopoeia • A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Onomatopoeia • The water gurgled as it flowed down the drain.
Onomatopoeia • The storm clouds rumbled across the sky.
Onomatopoeia • It seemed everyone was sniffling during the cold and flu season.
Hyperbole • Use of extreme exaggeration to make a point • “I am so hungry I could eat a horse.”
Types of Figurative Language • Simile • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia
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?
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).
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
“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.
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.
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
Ticket out: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwbMiZUZ0M • I think… • I learned… • I know…