1. Thurs., Dec. 9 10 min. Supplies Needed:
*BNB Unit 2 Workbook
*Reading journal
*Any notes on figurative language
*Writing utensil
Take out your BNB book and begin reading and
annotating Chapter 18 of the novel, which must be
read and annotated by Monday, Dec. 12.

2. Friends are the sunshine of life..
BELLRINGER: Thurs., Dec (5 min.)
Answer the following in your reading journal.
Friends are the sunshine of life..
This is an example of what type of figurative
language?
2. What would you do to interpret, or figure out its meaning?

3. OUTCOMES
I can identify the type of figurative language and interpret its meaning.
I can work collaboratively with my peers by speaking with a voice that is appropriate to the group and by making safe transitions.

4. “If” (stanza 3) by Rudyard Kipling
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn along after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

5. At each table, read over the sample of text with your group.
TASK
At each table, read over the sample of text with your group.
Discuss the type(s) of figurative language evident in the text.
Come to a consensus as a group.
Record on sheet.
Be ready to move to
another group.

6. #1: My Town
The leaves on the ground danced in the wind The brook sang merrily as it went on its way. The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go by which winked at each other just to say hi. The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop, slow, go!” The tires gripped the road as if clinging to life. Stars in the sky blinked and winked out While the hail was as sharp as a knife.
Personification

7. #2: The Bells by Edgar A. Poe
Hear the sledges with the bells - Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Onomatopoeia

8. #3: Love Is Jennifer©
Love is a walk in the rain at night, Two hands, holding onto each other tight; Love is honey on a pair of lips, Onto a tender heart it drips; Love is a soft and gentle touch; Your heart, a child's hand may clutch, Love is a song that stains the air, Dead or not, it's always there; Love is both the sun and moon, Across the sky, like stars, it's strewn; Love is a tree of abundant fruit, Giving and serving with every new shoot; Love is a document, faithful and strong, To one another, now do you belong; Love is a river that rages with passion, Finding ways to calm pools no matter the fashion.
Metaphor

9. #4: Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
Simile

10. #5: As I Walked Out One Evening by W. H. Auden
‘I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, ‘I’ll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky.
Hyperbole

11. #6: Examples from Text Example A:
“The day was young, and I was looking forward to the afternoon. I was supposed to go out on a date, but my plans were changed. All my siblings were gone, but I had been in the house, slaving like Cinderella.”
Example B:
“Christy didn’t like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.”
Allusion

12. I can identify figurative language and interpret its meaning.
I’m GRAND; I got this!
I’m finally making connections.
Think About
Our Outcome:
I can identify figurative language and interpret its meaning.
At my signal, be ready to move to the image that represents your ability to meet this outcome.
I’m falling apart over this; HELP!?!
I still need to lean on my peers or teacher for help!