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Writer’s Notebooks should be deposited in the black crate before taking your seat. A Word. Write down your homework: ABC Handout. Article of the Week. Read the article on your desk. Highlight or underline any new words. Underline evidence of the character of the main topic of the article.
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Writer’s Notebooks should be deposited in the black crate before taking your seat. A Word Write down your homework: ABC Handout
Article of the Week • Read the article on your desk. • Highlight or underline any new words. • Underline evidence of the character of the main topic of the article.
WRITER’S NOTEBOOK HW This Week: • ABC Handout will be completed over several days during the next few weeks. It is one of the squares on your BINGO board. • Vocabulary will come from this week’s class readings. • Don’t forget to write the date in your Notebook at the top of each new page.
Warm-up: It Figures… Use a simile or a metaphor to describe Diana Nyad or her journey. *If you cannot remember what a simile or metaphor is, you can just write about her or her journey.
Warm-up: It Figures… Use a simile or a metaphor to describe the best part about being in middle school. *If you cannot remember what a simile or metaphor is, you can just write about the best part of last week.
Figurative Language • Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using like or as • Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as
Weekly Objectives • Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. • Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
“Courage My Mother Had” • Reading a poem • Read it once silently to yourself. • Circle words you don’t know
“Courage My Mother Had” • Now, read like detectives… • Let’s look for figurative language • Underline/highlight things that are important or stand out to us
Closure • Turn and Talk: • What is the overall message of the poem? • Write this on your white board as a table.