1. February, 2nd 2016
Brown

2. Focus Standard
ELAGSE8L6: Acquire and accurately use grade- appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

3. Opening- What is a Symbol?

4. Opening Continued- Symbolism
Symbolism can take different forms.
Generally, it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
Can also be a character, action, event, or word.
Examples:
The dove is a symbol of peace.
A red rose or red color stands for love or romance.
Black is a symbol that represents evil or death.
A ladder may stand as a symbol for a connection between the heaven and the earth.
A broken mirror may symbolize separation

5. What is this a picture of literally?
Task:
What is this a picture of literally?
What is this a picture of figuratively?

6. What is this a picture of literally?
Task:
What is this a picture of literally?
What is this a picture of figuratively?

7. What is this a picture of literally?
Task:
What is this a picture of literally?
What is this a picture of figuratively?

8. What is this a picture of literally?
Task:
Colors: Black- White- Red- Green- Yellow- Brown- Blue-
What is this a picture of literally?
What is this a picture of figuratively?

9. Task
Group One
Group Two
Group Three
Inferencing- identify a symbol from your extended text To Kill a Mockingbird and complete the following:
Create a visual that represents the symbol.
Explain what the symbol is literally.
Explain what the symbol represents, refer to the text in your explanation.
Design a symbol that represents you. Pick a symbol and complete the following:
Create a visual that represents it.
Explain what the image is literally.
Explain how the symbol represents you with explained examples.
Interpret three major symbols in popular culture. Complete the following:
Create a visual for each.
Explain the figurative meaning for each of the symbols.

10. Closing
Explain how you drew evidence from a text to explain