Welcome! October 27th, 2017 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 

while they the descended. The crash landing sent © Presto Plans Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration. Sam moved the window cover up revealing the wing of the plane cutting through the marshmallow clouds with lightning speed. He flew for his job often, so the routine felt like clockwork until he heard a few creaks and bangs from underneath his seat. The pilot’s nervously calm voice came over the intercom indicating that we would be making an emergency landing in Montreal. Sam could see the plane was suffering as it was sputtering every few seconds. The passengers, like frightened children, began to panic while they the descended. The crash landing sent Sam flying in his seat. He was thankful to be alive!

Civil Disobedience Research: Part 2 Consider one of the three people you researched. For part 2, your job is to write your chosen person’s version of “Civil Disobedience.” Write a journal (at least 400 words) from their perspective that details their experience peacefully disobeying the law. You could write a series of smaller entries over a period of time or a longer journal entry after the act of civil disobedience – it’s up to you. Try to capture your person’s character! You may want to try looking up interviews with them to get a sense of their voice and personality.

Civil Disobedience Journals! Remember, feel free to get creative with your journals! Just use your imagination if your research has some gaps.  You may use the following questions as a guide: How did you choose to passively resist? What were your methods? Were you alone in the act or part of an organization? What were the consequences of your action, both positive and negative? How did others, including your family and peers, view the act you were committing? What was achieved by the act? Did you receive publicity, recognition or notoriety? Did the action largely go unnoticed? Was a law or policy changed as a result? Were you successful in bringing attention to the issue? What was the experience like as a whole? Was breaking the law worth what was accomplished? Are you a better person for it now?