1. “A Sound of Thunder” 1 September, 2015 If you were absent last time, we missed you! Check the back wall for the handouts you missed. Your response notebook should be set up. You also need to turn in your collage and syllabus contract to the drawer at the front of the room. TODAY: 1.Notes 2.Read “A Sound of Thunder” 3.Discuss SLIDES WITH *** SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN AS NOTES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK. Please grab a purple textbook as you come in and get settled!

2. ***Figurative language  Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words. Words are often used to symbolize ideas and concepts they would not otherwise be associated with. Writers use figurative language to create effects, to emphasize ideas, and to evoke emotions. {Begin taking notes on page 3 of your response notebook}

3. Two Types of Figurative Language Within figurative language:  1. Simile***: the comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

4.  #2. Metaphor***: makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike that have something in common. They do not contain the words like or as. They often infer something IS something else.

5. Create Metaphors and Similes for YOU! (Potential Left Side idea)

6. ***Imagery  Descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader.  Usually appeals to one or more of the five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – to help the reader imagine exactly what is being described. “flowers red like blood…” “It’s armored flesh…”

7. ***Foreshadowing  A writer’s use of clues to hint at events that will happen later in a story. Creates suspense. This also helps the reader make inferences or predictions about what will happen in the story.  Finding Nemo Finding Nemo  Jurrassic Park & Harvey Dent (start at 3:50) Jurrassic Park & Harvey Dent

8. ***Paradox  A statement or event that seems impossible but is true. If we haven’t already been visited by people from the future yet, does that mean time travel will never be invented? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens “The pen is mightier than the sword.” - Shakespeare

10. “A Sound of Thunder” 3 September, 2015 If you were absent last time, we missed you! Check the class notes on my website for any literary terms you missed! TODAY: 1.Review Notes 2.Continue “A Sound of Thunder” 3.Discuss 4.GOTM Vocabulary, Homework SLIDES WITH *** SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN AS NOTES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK. Please grab a purple textbook as you come in and get settled!

11. “A Sound of Thunder”  By Ray Bradbury(pg. 38) 1.Would you visit the past if you could? 2.What stories can you think of that involve time travel? 3.Were the consequences, or results, of the time travel positive or negative? Before we read, with a partner, think aloud about the following questions: Think about the possible effects one person’s actions can have … on anything! As you read:

12. As we read:***  In your response notebook you can be identifying examples of the literary terms we took notes on.  Foreshadowing  Similes  Metaphors  Imagery

13. “The Gift of the Magi” Vocabulary  Instigate:  Vestibule:  Agile:  Falter:  Ransack:  Prudence:  Ravage:  Assertion:  Coveted:  Aperture:

14. Homework:  “Gift of the Magi” Vocabulary, due 9/8  COPY words in your response notebook  Identify the part of speech  Write the full definition  Phonetic spelling if needed  LEFT SIDE ideas: Practice understanding your vocabulary words (draw pictures, write sentences, identify synonyms, create mnemonics)  Find one example of each of the following literary terms in “A Sound of Thunder.” Provide the quote, page number, and explain the example’s significance. This will be checked for one stamp on 9/8.  Simile  Metaphor  Imagery  Foreshadowing