Exploring LanguageCome in and clear desks- copy homework, take out notebooks, 1st block read silently.

Agendas- Copy- Quiz tomorrow- vocabulary and

Figurative LanguageStudy vocabulary words

Warm Up: Use simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole to describe

three of the objects below.

HomeworkQuiz tomorrow- vocabulary and Figurative

Language

Study vocabulary words

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4_3EAaLJ8

Watch the short video and complete 3-2-1

3-new facts about similes and metaphors

2-unanswered questions about similes and metaphors

1- overall summary of the video

Poetry Figurative Language Hunt

Use the poems in your text book to complete the chart.

Each center will have a different poem to complete a different line.

Work with your groups to earn bonus tickets and rewards.

Technology: Use your technology to look up any unknown words in the poem or background knowledge before you read.

Remember the expectations for centers

Figurative LanguageSimile: She shines bright like a diamond- She

does her own thing.

Metaphor: a heart of a lion- no fear, courage, brave

Hyperbole: He is taller than a giant.- 6’2 very tall

Personification: The sunlight danced across my window- shined through brightly

Center OneUse the chart to analyze the poem:

Like Bookends

Page 583

Center TwoUse the chart to analyze the poem:

The Village Blacksmith

Page 596

Center ThreeUse the chart to analyze the poem:

Change

Page 604

Center FourUse the chart to analyze the poem:

Night Journey

Page 618

Center Five Use the chart to analyze the poem:

Is the moon tired?

Page 631

Center SixUse the chart to analyze the poem:

I’m Nobody Who are you?

Page 630

Center SevenUse the chart to analyze the poem:

Mooses

Page 632-633

Ticket OutWhy do we use figurative language?

What are the benefits of FL?