August 2016 Mrs. Burchette

Homework and Important Dates: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Homework and Important Dates: Read 20 minutes a day! Warm-Up: Update your agenda and pick up your notebook. (I have not been able to cover all of them yet, so be careful when picking them up.)

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Learning Target: I will evaluate how point of view can change the elements of a story. Today’s Agenda: What Good Readers Do Point of View

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Resource Table of Contents Date Title Page 8/22/16 Literary Vocabulary 1 Literary Vocabulary– page 1 Term Definition Example point of view Put it in your own words! The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs simile

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Literary Vocabulary– page 1 Simile Term Definition Example point of view Put it in your own words! The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Similie Simile a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Dead End in Norvelt As we read chapter 2, please consider the following questions: What does Jack think has happened to Miss Volker when he arrives at her house? What is Miss Volker actually doing when Jack arrives at her house? Who is Miss Volker? What descriptions of her are provided? Why does Miss Volker need Jack’s help? Why does Miss Volker enjoy writing obituaries? How does Miss Volker connect the history of Wat Tyler to Miss Slater? Why does Miss Volker encourage Jack to read about history?

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Literary Vocabulary– page 1 Simile Term Definition Example point of view Put it in your own words! The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Similie Dead End in Norvelt (page 26-27) Simile a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Dead End in Norvelt What effect do the similes chosen by the author have on the story, such as “fidgeted up and down like a terrified squirrel,” “my nose was spewing like an elephant bathing himself,” “pulling long, rotten strips of flesh off her arms and hands as if peeling off a rotten banana”, etc.?