1. September 16, 2019
Write in your agenda. Tonight, finish hook identification page. You also need to make sure your Figurative Language packet is complete. It will all be due tomorrow. Test Wednesday
Journal Entry – Put today’s date and highlight it.
Make a bullet list of everything you know about superheroes and/or villains?

2. Superheroes & Villains:
What techniques do writers use to create characters?

3. Group Task:
Vote on one superhero and villain you wrote about in your journal to talk about more in depth. One person in the group needs to get a piece of white paper from the back of the room.

4. Group Task:
Vote on one superhero and villain to talk about more in depth.
On the chart paper:
Together, come up with a list of this character’s distinctive qualities and list them on the paper.
Special powers —such as superhuman abilities, mutations, or scientific knowledge.
Appearance—are they colorful, funny, serious, drab, dark, or menacing?
Background—where did they come from, and did they go through a shocking experience that made them who they are?
Public or “secret” identity—what is their social life like, do they have regular jobs, family, friends?
Special equipment—such as tools, weapons, or vehicles.
Place of residence—rural or urban, apartment or house, secret lair or in plain sight.

5. Group Task:
Your group will create a poster for your superhero or villain of choice. You will provide a figurative language example sentence for the character’s qualities. Include imagery in your sentences as well. Use active voice.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole

6. Figuratively Speaking…
by Sally Sayles
Example #1
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Example #4
Example #2
Example #3