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January 7, 2013

January 7, 2013. As a group, quickly brainstorm all types of figurative language and examples on your poster paper. Now, let’s read Owl Moon and evaluate why you think the author chose the words she did and discuss her sentence structure. January 7, 2013. Yesterday, my cat fell into a bowl of

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January 7, 2013

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  1. January 7, 2013 As a group, quickly brainstorm all types of figurative language and examples on your poster paper. Now, let’s read Owl Moon and evaluate why you think the author chose the words she did and discuss her sentence structure.

  2. January 7, 2013 Yesterday, my cat fell into a bowl of cream that she had been delicately licking with her sweet pink tongue! Grammar Review: Complete Pride Parkway and find the clause…is it adjective or adverb?

  3. Mood or Tone? After she was drenched in milk, she stalked into the hallway and dripped white drops of cream as she swiftly sped away from the debacle. January 7, 2013 Grammar Review: Complete Pride Parkway and find the clause…is it adjective or adverb?

  4. Later that same evening, she, who had been coated in white frothy creamery, sashayed into the living room like royalty! January 7, 2013 Grammar Review: Complete Pride Parkway and find the clause…is it adjective or adverb?

  5. It was clear to all present from her snooty demeanor that she was finished with her humiliation as she had reverted back to her normal queenly self! January 7, 2013 Grammar Review: Complete Pride Parkway and find the clause…is it adjective or adverb?

  6. Bathroom Break! Homework: Return signed forms: report card, goal planner, and novel permission slip. January 7, 2013

  7. Read the following words: integrate, prejudiced, superb, petition, retaliated, and dignity. Brainstorm in your group what they mean. Based on these words, what do you think our story will be about? January 7, 2013 Reading Focus: Author’s Purpose and Key Details

  8. When did Jackie Robinson play baseball? Are there any clues in this picture? January 7, 2013 Reading Focus: Author’s Purpose and Key Details http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=jackie+robinson&lid=6818736&MediaFormat=3360063&ID=324689

  9. What do you know about Jackie Robinson? January 7, 2013 First Draft Reading: Turn to page 167 in your Reader’s Notebook and silently read through the story “Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last.” Reading Focus: Author’s Purpose and Key Details http://www.history.com/topics/jackie-robinson/videos#jackie-robinson-changes-the-face-of-america

  10. Second Draft Reading: Analyze author’s purpose and their use of key details to express their purpose. January 7, 2013 Reading Focus: Author’s Purpose and Key Details http://vimeo.com/5283826

  11. Third Draft Reading: Name three difficult situations that Jackie Robinson faced. How did he overcome them. Discuss with group. January 7, 2013 Reading Focus: Author’s Purpose and Key Details http://www.scholastic.com/breakingbarriers/teachers/

  12. Write an essay about a barrier that you have faced. Explain how you faced this barrier by using one or more of Jackie Robinson’s Nine Values: Courage, persistence, justice, determination, integrity, commitment Teamwork, excellence, citizenship January 7, 2013 Reading Focus: Breaking Barriers Essay Contest Preview http://www.scholastic.com/breakingbarriers/teachers/ Each person in your group pick one of the words from above and brainstorm what it means…give examples…use in a sentence…and complete a circle map…

  13. Official Rules. Each essay should be at least 200 words long and not exceed 700 words in length. Limit one entry per student. All essays must be factual and based on the student's real-life experience. Fictional stories will be disqualified. Online entries will also be subject to the Scholastic.com Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. January 7, 2013 Reading Focus: Breaking Barriers Essay Contest Be thinking about a real life experience you have had! We will begin working on this essay tomorrow!

  14. Figuring out Figurative Language! http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=87422 January 7, 2013 http://vimeo.com/12236342

  15. Figuring out Figurative Language! Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. ~By Langston Hughes • Notice the short, packed lines, and strong, simple nouns and verbs. • Repetition of the first line emphasizes the importance of its meaning. • How easy this poem would be to memorize. January 7, 2013

  16. Figuring out Figurative Language! Harlem (2) What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? ~By Langston Hughes • Notice the tone and intensity of the metaphors: negative in the extreme, each conveying a different kind of destruction. • Strong sensory verbs. • How the questions build momentum and power. • How the italics of the last line convey fury. January 7, 2013

  17. SSR! January 7, 2013 Jackie Robinson’s mother reads about her son’s exploits on the ball field!

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