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Language Arts Lesson

Language Arts Lesson. TARGET StrandD2: Chose a simile and explain why the author chose that simile. Before Reading (Know Your Purpose!).

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Language Arts Lesson

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  1. Language Arts Lesson TARGET StrandD2: Chose a simile and explain why the author chose that simile.

  2. Before Reading (Know Your Purpose!) • Prior Knowledge: What is the “the seashore?” What are some things that you would find at the seashore? Suppose you were trying to describe the seashore to someone who had never been there before. How would you help that person get a picture on their mind of the seashore? (DS/PL)

  3. Describe The Seashore • Some answers might be:

  4. Purpose • In the book The Seashore, by Charlotte Zolotow, look at the way the author describes the seashore. In particular, look at theway she uses similes to help readers picture the seashore in their mind.

  5. New Vocabulary (Breakdown Strategy For Word Meaning) • Hazy • Crusty • Skims • Lulls (you to sleep) • Wade • Crescent (moon)

  6. Making Reading Strategic A simile is a way of comparing two things by using the word “like” or “as”. Example: I’m as hungry as a bear. I felt like a princess in my new party dress. Authors use similes to help you get a better picture of something in your mind. A simile can help you understand something more thoroughly by using your senses. When you find a simile in a text, notice what is being compared. Which one of your senses helps you to understand this better? Think about why the author used this comparison and make sure you can explain it.

  7. Teacher Model • P.7-The cold water makes your skin feel like peppermint: I’m noticing that the author is comparing the feeling of cold water on your skin to peppermint. I’m thinking this is kind of like a peppermint candy. The cold water makes you feel all tingly and the peppermint candy makes your mouth feel all tingly. By understanding this comparison, I can get a better idea of what the water is like at the seashore.

  8. Student Practice • Question: Choose a simile from The Seashore Book and explain how this simile helps you to picture the seashore.

  9. Student Practice Continued • A little white sailboat is so far out it seems like a toy. • Score 2: • This simile compares a faraway sailboat to a toy. The author used this simile to show that because the sailboat was far out in the ocean, it looked very, very small. The author wants us to get an idea of how far away the boat was, and what it looked like in the distance. • (This response would receive full score because it correctly identifies the compariosn the author made, and why she used this comparison.

  10. Student Practice • Score 1: The simile says that the sailboat was so far away that it looked like a toy. • (This identifies the comparison, but could explain more about hwy the author used this particular image.

  11. Possible Answers • Score 0: • Toy sailboats are small. They are smaller than regular boats. • (Theis reader probably understands this simile, but does not explain it thoroughly enough to covey that understanding.)

  12. Two Point Score • This journal entry is about what the rock looked like. I think the author included the description of “the rock” because he wanted readers to be able to visualize it. Eh says it is about two fee across, roughly textured, gray, and some of it is flat and smooth as glass. There is a light coming from it. Also, it is heavy. I think the author wanted me to understand that this thing is not really a “rock” because a real rock couldn’t be described in this way. He wants me to begin to think about what this rock might be.

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