Welcome Back! January 23rd, 2016 Monday Do Now Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Monday January 23, 2016 Betsy Ross was born on January 1 1752. She was the eight in a line of 17 children soon after marrying John Ross, the two newlyweds started a sewing business. When America and england went to war, John Ross join the army. Soon after that he was killed in an ammunition explosion. A few months later, according to legend, george Washington axed Betsy to use her expurt sewing skills to create the first american flag.

Alliteration Practice – pg 11 Define alliteration. _________________________________________________________________________________ Identify the sound being repeated in the following examples: The summer sun slid down behind the ridge. In the distance, Horatio heard a horn blow. Betty bought the baubles at the beauty parlor. Rosa Parks raised a rallying cry for racial equality. Analyze the following lines from famous poems. Which one contains alliteration? Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky with hideous ruin One could do worse than be a swinger of birches It is not sweet with nimble feet to dance upon the air! Now, give it a shot on your own! You will have five minutes to complete #s 4 and 5.

Alliteration Practice – Our examples Remember, I give extra credit if you share an extra creative example! 

Symbolism Recap A symbol is often an event, object, person or animal with some sort of deeper meaning. We have symbols in real life (see images on this slide!) Authors also use symbolism to show us deeper meanings in their writing without having to explain it to us. For example, instead of just saying “it’s beautiful when someone from a tough upbringing still manages to be sucessful,” Tupac showed us this through the image of a rose growing from a crack in the concrete.

Symbolism Practice – pg 12 Turn to page 12 in your figurative language packets. Take a moment to identify what the three pictures at the top of the page symbolize.

“Mother to Son” – Langston Hughes And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

“Mother to Son” – Langston Hughes And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. What is the mom trying to say to her son? How do you know?

“Mother to Son” – Langston Hughes And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. 1. What is the crystal stair a symbol of? (What does it represent?)

“Mother to Son” – Langston Hughes And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. 2. In the first stanza, what would the tracks, splinters, and torn up boards be symbols of?

“Mother to Son” – Langston Hughes 3. Challenge: What is something at your house that could symbolize you? Why? Example: My bookshelf symbolizes me. It’s a little disorganized like me, and it’s filled with a weird variety of books (symbolizing my wide variety of hobbies and interests) And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Write a story! Write a short story using one example of all six types of figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, oxymoron, and alliteration). Your story should be at least ten sentences long and have a beginning, middle, and end. Your story can be about whatever you want! This can be completely made up or based on something that really happened to you. Note: Once we finish, you’re going to trade with a partner. If your partner can find all six examples of figurative language, they get five bonus points. If they cannot – but you included them all correctly), you get five bonus points. So, it’s in your best interest to make your examples hard to spot 

Write a story! Get out a marker (or colored pen or highlighter) from your supply drawer. Trade papers with a partner (can even be across the room!). Write your name at the top of their paper in marker. Read your partner’s story and try to find all six examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, oxymoron, and alliteration). Once you find each example, circle and label it with the correct type of figurative language. Once you think you’re finished, check with your partner to see if you got them all correctly. If you need me to confirm anything, let me know! 