Literature: Monday, August 26, 2013 Handouts: * Quiz over Hatchet chapters 5 & 6 * In-class assignment: Figurative Language * Take-home Pre-test on Hatchet Vocabulary Homework: * Review Hatchet chapters 7 & 8 (quiz on Tuesday) * Figurative Language handout * Study Hatchet Vocabulary: Test is Thursday, Sept. 5 Assignments Due: * Point of View handout (First, Second, Third Person) * Did you review Hatchet chapters 3 & 4?

Today’s Goal: Learn how to identify three types of figurative language. Outcomes: Describe what is meant by “figurative language.” Name and define three types of figurative language. Identify which type of figurative language is being used in sentences selected from Hatchet. Demonstrate your understanding of Chapters 5 – 6 of Hatchet by taking a quiz. Discuss Hatchet Chapters 5 – 6 by citing your observations, questions, and opinions.

Starter #1: Have any of you ever heard of “figurative language”? What does that mean?   Figurative language is a way of describing something by making a comparison. When we read or hear “figurative language” we don’t take it literally: We know it’s just an expression meant to make a comparison. Poets and song writers frequently use figurative language. Writers of novels, like Hatchet, also use figurative language. Even we use figurative language in our everyday conversations. Perhaps you have used figurative language and you didn’t even realize you were doing it! Let’s check out examples of three types of figurative language.

Starter #2: Three Types of Figurative Language Joe is a nut. Metaphor: A figure of speech that compares two unlike things that have something in common, without using the words “like” or “as.” “His stomach tightened into a series of rolling knots and his breath came in short bursts.” —Hatchet, p. 27 The paddle pounded the ball. Personification: A figure of speech that gives either human or animal-like qualities to a non-living thing (like an object, an idea, or something in nature). “The plane went into a glide, a very fast glide that ate altitude, and suddenly there weren’t any lakes.” —Hatchet, p. 26

Starter #2 cont.: Three Types of Figurative Language Bob swam like a fish. Simile: A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” “And now a jolt took him like a hammer blow, so forcefully that he seemed to crush back into the seat.” —Hatchet, p. 10

Starter #3: Take everything off from your desk except for pen (with dark colored ink) and a sheet of notebook paper. Create a heading as follows: Your Name (first & last name) Class: Lit 6 - ___ Date: Mon., Aug. 26, 2013 Assignment: Quiz, Hatchet, Ch 5 – 6 Number your paper from 1 to 15 (one number on each line).   You will be given a quiz handout, but you are NOT to write on that quiz. Put all your answers on the sheet of notebook paper. Please use CAPITAL letters to indicate your answer.

Starter #4: Let’s see how well you did on this quiz. Please take out a red pen. . . .   When I hand you a quiz to grade, please write at the bottom of the page: G.B. and your name (first & last name)