12/7/2015– 12/8/2015 Watanabe

WORD: Deformity Definition: A distorted shape or form; misshapen Part of Speech: noun Example Sentence: The key would not fit into the door due to a deformity that caused it to have an extra prong.

AGENDA Bell Ringer Procedure Notes Introduction to Figurative Language (Metaphor, Simile, Personification) Achieve 3000 Literature Circles Exit slip

Reminders You will need your Literature Journal EVERYDAY. Follow all Rules Progress Reports go out Today! ANY AND ALL MAKE-UP WORK IS DUE BY 12/18. AFTER THIS DATE, IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Any Questions?

Please Take out a Sheet of Paper and title it “PROCEDURE NOTES”

Put it in the BLUE bin on Mrs. Bowen’s Desk Make-up Work YOU MUST: Fill out and Attach a “Late, Missing, or Remediation” Slip to your make-up work. Put it in the BLUE bin on Mrs. Bowen’s Desk

Achieve 3000 YOU MUST: Complete the Achieve 3000 Packet COMPLETELY Transfer what you wrote on your packet to the computer (before reading poll, article summaries and highlighting, activity, after reading poll, and thought question) Ask the teacher for the next article

GROUP FOLDER What belongs in your folder: New Work/Work we are currently completing All graded work must be put in your BINDER

Time to GET STARTED…. GET READY…

Think about this…

What is being compared? What is the author of this quote trying to say?

Let me ask you a question… Why didn’t the author just say “Once you break someone’s trust, it will never be the same?”

Writers use words in imaginative ways to create interesting effects Writers use words in imaginative ways to create interesting effects. This kind of language is called Figurative Language.

Look at this cartoon and Circle what is being compared in the illustration.

Why do you think the writer compared the girl’s tears to rain?

Readers identify which ideas are being compared and what they have in common. They also consider the feelings that words create to appreciate what an author is trying to say.

Figurative language often makes a comparison between two things Figurative language often makes a comparison between two things. To what does the author compare the electrical cord, and how does this make you picture the coffee maker?

Read the next excerpt from “The Gold Watch” and complete the last 3 questions.

ROTATION TIME!!!!!

Exit Slip: Give 1 example for EACH of the following: Personification, Simile, Metaphor