1. Happy Tuesday!  Get out a book  Sit Silently  READ!!  FYI – Talking during this time will get you silent lunch/ASD

2. Warm Up – Page 1(or 2) ● Write down today’s date on the left hand side. ● Copy and answer these questions.  Put the words in alphabetical order:  Mythmysterymyselfmysterious  Write two words that rhyme with thrown: _______ _______

3. Page 11- Hyperbole Page 10 – Hyperbole Lyrics

4. 11 12 Nov Hyperbole EQ: How do I recognize hyperbole?  Hyperbole will always be yellow  Under the flap:  an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally (word for word)

5. Under the lyrics on page 10, complete the following: Monsoon – huge rainstorm

6. Page 12 – Personification Lyrics Page 13 - Personification

7. 13 12 Nov Personification EQ: How do I identify personification?  Personification is always green  Under the flap:  Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

8. Under the lyrics on page 12, complete the following: Sullen – bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

9. Directions: Read the lines of poetry. Slashes represent line breaks. Figure out which technique is being used: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification. In the boxes, explain how you figured out your answer. It is possible that more than one technique is being used. If you can, explain each. 1. Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed 2. Drip-hiss-drip-hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip-hiss-the rain never stops. 3. When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears 4. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, 5. The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, 6. I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies, 7. The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might: 8. The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river. 9. The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves, 10. By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly 11. Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting --

10. Page 14 – FL in Poems Practice Page 15 – Figurative Language in Poems

11. Page 15 – Figurative Langauge in Poems Personification Metaphor Hyperbole Simile

12. Homework  Read at least 20 minutes EVERY night  Review the stems for lists 1-5 to be ready for a test on Monday, November 23.  Have all left side pages complete to be checked on Monday, November 23 during your test. (pages 4, 6, 10, 12, 14)