Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you  Welcome! May 4th, 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 

Wendy couldn’t wait until she would be back home with her parents. © Presto Plans Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration. The door creaked as Missy and Wendy opened it to reveal their apartment. It was no mansion, but it was all they could afford to sublet. The walls, lined in a random patterned wallpaper, looked completely depressed. Cobwebs embraced the light fixtures, and the dirt brown floors were in a great deal of distress. The landlord, like a prison guard, showed them to the cells that were their bedrooms. Wendy exhaled a deep sigh as she realized her apartment was a black hole. While it would only be a few weeks, Wendy couldn’t wait until she would be back home with her parents.

The Book Thief Turn to page 492. We’re going to read to page 507, and then you’ll read and annotate pages 508-515 on your own. 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

The Book Thief Work Schedule: Today 5/4 – Half Day (after reading) Monday 5/7 – Half Day (after reading) Tuesday 5/8 – Half Day (after reading) Wednesday 5/9 – Full Day Thursday 5/10 – Half Day (after test) Friday 5/11 – Full Day Monday 5/14 – Full Day Tuesday 5/15 – Full Day (projects due at the end of class) Continue working on your final projects. Remember, after today, you have eight more class periods to work on your projects, including the final. Good luck! 