1. Finding the Context Clues: Figurative language Connotation Denotation
Understanding words & phrases to get the big picture of the meaning of the text.
Finding the Context Clues:
Figurative language
Connotation
Denotation

3. DENOTATION: Technical meaning/dictionary definition

5. He compares the plane they are on to a ship that is landing on Mars.
Author uses FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE to help the reader understand how he feels about landing at space camp.
He compares the plane they are on to a ship that is landing on Mars.
“And ready or not, our ship is about to land.” p. 6
Author uses connotation by choosing the word remote when describing the classroom location. When looking at the clues, we see that the classroom is away from the main entrance and the front office, as well as out of the way. This show s the reader that the classroom is far away from where everything is…REMOTE (has a negative connotation to it…isolated, alone).
The author also uses figurative language calling the front office and main entrance the “nerve center of the school”. This choice of words shows us that this area is important AND that the classroom was placed as far a way from the important area as possible.
“…shared a classroom in a remote part of the school, not far from the gym, but well out of the way of most traffic, and a good distance from the nerve center of the school: the main entrance and the front office.” p. 8
Connotation…barrage of new complaints –complaints are negative, and you get a barrage of complaints, a barrage of behavior problems…LOTS of…and in this case, that is not good.
Benign: technical definition means not serious…shown by giving us the opposite meaning after the comma.
“…but, typically, each day brought a barrage of new complaints. And, of course, a barrage of behavior problems. Some were benign, some fairly serious, but all had to be addressed in a timely fashion.” p. 17

6. This week in class, you will…
Define the three “new” terms.
Find examples from our daily reading and complete the chart as shown in this lesson.