Grammar Monday

• Number #1-10 and prepare for 7th grade grammar review!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnXUWJz0sE

• http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

Hatchet, or other novel- Read Chapter 4

After reading, answer the following questions:

• 1. Sometimes Brian’s thoughts go back to an earlier time, when he was with his mother. What effect do these breaks or flashbacks have on the story?

• 2. Are Brian’s reactions to the pilot’s death and the crash realistic? Does Brian seem like a real thirteen year old? Explain.

Other novel- Give three characteristics of the main character. Draw an illustration of the setting.

Poetry:Figurative Language

An Introduction

Table Jam- Poetry and Figurative Language

• When I say go, begin writing all words that you can think of that make you think of poetry and figurative language.

• After 2 minutes, you will have 1 minute to “spy” on others papers.

• You will have 1 minute to add your ideas to the paper.

Types of Figurative Language

often used in Poetry:• Simile• Metaphor• Personification• Alliteration• Onomatopoeia• Hyperbole

Windowpane Notes

• Fold your paper into 6 sections. We will take notes in each square describing the figurative language term.

• In each box, write the term, the definition, example, and a picture or symbol.

Figurative Language Tutorials

• www.discoveryeducation.com

• “Figurative Language” 5 minutes

• “Polar Penguins” 5 minutes

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbV81Ilq0I 10 minutes

Simile

• An implied comparison usually using “like” or “as”

Simile

• Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.

Simile

• He ran down the field like a freight train.

Simile

• She was as quiet as a mouse.

Metaphor• The process of

describing one thing as if it were another.

• Does not use

“like” or “as”

Metaphor

• Our project is almost finished. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Metaphor

• He had butterflies in his stomach.

Metaphor

• He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Personification•A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.

Personification

• The sun peeked over the mountain tops.

Personification

• One lonely slice of pizza remained.

Personification

• After a long day of work, the swimming pool was calling my name.

Alliteration

• The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more closely associated words.

Alliteration

• Like loads of laundry lying on the lovely linoleum.

Alliteration

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration

• Those creepy crawly critters caused a cramp in my cranium.

Onomatopoeia

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Onomatopoeia

• The water gurgled as it flowed down the drain.

Onomatopoeia

• The storm clouds rumbled across the sky.

Onomatopoeia

• It seemed everyone was sniffling during the cold and flu season.

Hyperbole

• Use of extreme exaggeration to make a point

• “I am so hungry I could eat a horse.”

Types of Figurative Language

• Simile• Hyperbole• Metaphor• Personification• Alliteration• Onomatopoeia

Identifying Similes and Metaphors in Pop Culture

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFeAgUzpEQ

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL-wEe03hc

• Record 2 similes and 2 metaphors as you view the video examples.

• What does the author really mean?

Parallel groups:

• Group 1(Practice)- Search and Rescue the statements around the room that have figurative language examples. Record the correct term from notes with the letter of the statement.

• Group 2(Vocabulary)- Create a comic strip or short story using the following vocabulary from Hatchet:

amphibious, audible, hummocks, turbulence, wince (use dictionaries to write definitions before you begin).

Eye on Idioms

• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/

• Let’s compete in a jeopardy style game to test our knowledge of idioms.

• http://www.quia.com/cb/103072.html

“Sort it Out” Figurative Language Practice

• Using the chart, record 3 examples of each using the bank of figurative language statements.

• Work with a partner to categorize, then draw one example from each box on the back of the square.

Poetry Practice: p. 628-634

Choose one poem to read and analyze:

• “I’m Nobody, Who are you?” p. 630

• “Is the Moon Tired?” p. 631

• “Mooses” p. 632

Record 3 examples of figurative language within the poem.

Figurative Language Lines from poem

Simile-Metaphor-Personification-Hyperbole-

Compare and Contrast Genres

• Continue your chart of “Hatchet” versus “Alaska Experiment” documentary.

• Record 2 similarities and 2 differences as we view.

• www.discoveryeducation.com

Ticket out:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwbMiZUZ0M

• I think…

• I learned…

• I know…