Welcome! August 13th, 2018 Friday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Friday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find and label the examples of figurative language. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

left the building like an animal breaking free from its crate. © Presto Plans Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration. The palm trees bowing their heads in the salty, tropical breeze and the crash of the waves on the sand brought a smile to Jennifer’s face. Although she was happy to be enjoying the perks of Hawaii, this was still very much a working holiday. Her days were spent imprisoned in a conference room with the rest of her inmate colleagues. Listening to presentations on bookkeeping and bonds with the beautiful beach outside was truly a burden. When the day ended, Jennifer left the building like an animal breaking free from its crate.

The Book Thief Turn to page 207. We’re going to read to page 222, and then you’ll read and annotate pages 223-238 on your own (don’t worry – it’s mostly pictures!). As we read: Make sure you’re paying attention and annotating as we go! It will help you remember what’s happening.  As you read: Don’t forget to annotate! You will need at least one well-thought out, 2+ sentence annotation per page

Character Maps! Goals for Today: Continue working on your character maps! Remember: All fifteen characters need a visual representation You need fifteen arrows describing the relationships Five of the central characters need a quote from the text that show something significant about their personality or character. For your five chosen quotes, you need a brief analysis (2-3 sentences) describing the importance of the line. Consider: What does your quote show about the character? Justify its importance.