1. Welcome! August 18th, 2017 Friday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Friday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find and label the examples of figurative language.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. the local station. It was like music to her ears when
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Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration.
The cell phone alarm on vibrate sounded like a jackhammer against Rachel’s wooden night stand. She opened her eyes to see the sun peering into her bedroom through the opening in the curtains. Outside her window, there was a dull roar as the plow cleared the streets from the storm that had attacked her town through the night. She looked outside to see a blanket of snow laying on top of her back yard. Rachel hoped that this meant she would be able to crawl back into her cozy, comfortable bed and curl up in the covers. The radio’s buzzing sound died down as she tuned it to
the local station. It was like music to her ears when
the radio announcer said, “All schools are closed.”

3. Native American Myth Project
If you haven’t completed IXL A.1 and A.2 still, don’t forget – it’s due today!
Native American Myth Project
Posters are due today at the end of the block! Make sure your poster has…
The title of myth and tribe of origin
4-5 sentence summary
2-3 sentence connection to another myth
Theme analysis paragraph with textual evidence
Colorful presentation – no pencil, please 