1. Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Check homework/force points
Quick grammar review
Writing workshop
Metaphors & Similes

2. Homework check Wb pp. 24-27 Wb p. 51
Wb p (any similes or metaphors you found)
Wb p

3. Homework due 9/18
Read wb pp & answer questions in full sentences on p. 56
Wb p. 52 (We will do an example together)
Wb p. 87 (Grammar)
Writing Assignment #3
Study for your Test

4. Study Guide!

5. Grammar Review – pp

6. Possessive Pronouns & Homophones
Pronoun review  What is a pronoun?
 Give me an example of a sentence that has a possessive pronoun.
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a homophone?
Homo = same
Phone = sound
A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but it means something different and can be spelled differently

7. Homophones What are some examples of homophones? There Their They’re
Your
You’re
Were
We’re
Our
Hour

8. Writing Assignment #3

9. What is a Simile?
A figure of speech that compares two things by using the words...
LIKE AS

10. Examples of Similes
“The referee’s whistle went off like a shrieking bird.” (From “Sadie’s Game” p. 311
What is being compared in this simile?
In this simile, the referee’s whistle is being compared to a shrieking bird.

11. What is a Metaphor?
A figure of speech that does not use “like” or “as.”

12. Examples of Metaphors The snow is a white blanket.
The hospital was a refrigerator.
The classroom was a zoo.
In this metaphor, snow is being compared to a blanket.
In this metaphor, the hospital is being compared to a refrigerator.
In this metaphor, the classroom is being compared to a zoo.

13. Metaphors & Similes Activity