1. Agenda (for me) Voice Lesson: Figurative Language #4
ATSS discussion (brief) Chaps
Laptops – work on writing paper
Suggest writing thesis
Body paragraphs
Will go over intros and conclusions later this week – Thursday

2. Reminders –
If you are scheduled to make-up something this Wednesday, let me know – I am unable to stay and we will need to reschedule for Thursday!
ATSS, Finish the book by Wednesday.
Research Paper – due via – by Sunday, 11/12 11:59 PM
Photo Essay – Due in class Monday, 11/13 – present to class
Research Paper Next steps –
I have read and commented on all the Idea Sheets that were complete by this weekend. If you worked on yours late last night, it was not reviewed.
Over the weekend you should have finished gathering your evidence.
Now you should begin writing your body paragraphs.
I will go over intros and conclusions this Thursday.
Unit Test – next Tuesday, 11/14 (will post study guide later this week)
Make-Up Socratic Seminar – Thursday after school – please sign the sheet so I know how many to expect.
Need your copy of Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell) by next Tuesday!!! We will have chapters due before Thanksgiving!

3. Hyperboles
While hyperboles are NOT comparisons (like metaphors, similes, and personification), they are non-literal language.
Their meaning goes beyond what is actually said
They add richness and multiple meanings to writing and speech

4. Hyperboles An exaggeration that is based in truth
Hyperboles must be founded on truth to be meaningful.
Add interest, sometimes humor, and emphasis to what you are trying to say
Example:
“I’m so tired I could sleep for a week.”
I’m not in a coma, and I couldn’t really sleep for a week, but it feels that way.
The truth lies in the extent of the tiredness.
It’s an exaggeration, but it’s based in truth.

5. Hyperboles: Quick Practice
Practice writing hyperboles by finishing the following sentences (Remember that your hyperbole must be an exaggeration and not literally true):
I was hungry enough…
My head was…
I laughed until…
She ran so fast…

6. Figurative Language in Action
Read and Think:
He could shoot a bumblebee in the eye at sixty paces, and he was a man who was not afraid to shake hands with lightening. -- Harold W. Felton, Pecos Bill and the Mustang
Write About It:
This is an example of a hyperbole, an exaggeration that is based on truth but carries the truth to such an extreme that it is no longer literally true. Of course, Pecos Bill couldn’t literally does these things. What, then, is the purpose of saying that he could?
Compare Felton’s sentence with the following:
He could shoot very well, and he was not afraid of anything.
Which sentence better helps the reader understand what Pecos Bill is like? Why?

7. ATSS, Chaps. 36-40 Power Passage Discussion
Select 2 power passages – these are passages that reveal something significant/answer a burning question/resolve a conflict/provoke strong reader response
Note why each passage is significant.

8. Research Paper – Work Session