According to the lesson on similes, why would we use “like” or “as” in poetry? Elaborate on your response.

1. Setting the Tone: Journal Writing According to the lesson on similes, why would we use “like” or “as” in poetry? Elaborate on your response.

2. Purpose • What are you learning? • Identify metaphors • Why are you learning this? • To understand how to group the parts of a poem, so it will be easier to read and comprehend.

3. Grammar: Combining Sentences • Combine the sentences. • It is raining. The baseball game will be canceled. • There is a door prize. It goes to whoever arrives first. • Dogs assist people with special needs. The dogs receive extensive training. • You can leave. You must first fill in all the answers. • Cactus plants survive in very dry regions. They retain moisture. • The library subscribes to magazines. The magazines are published all over the world. • Derek won the election. He breathed a sigh of relief.

4. Crafting the Lesson (Me) • Ametaphorstates that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. • EXAMPLE: Her hair is silk. Some Examples of Metaphors • The giant’s steps were thunder • The pillow was a cloud • Harold is a wet blanket • The bar of soap was a slippery eel

5. Crafting the Lesson (We) Fifth of July My family is an expired firecrackerset off by the blowtorch of divorce. We layscattered in many directions.My father is the wick, badly burntbut still glowing softly.My mother is the blackened paper fluttering down,blowing this way and that, unsure where to land.My sister is the fallen, colorful parachute,lying in a tangled knot, unable to see the beauty sheholds.My brother is the fresh, untouched powder thatwas protected from the flame. And I,I am the singed, outside papers, curled awayfrom everything, silently frettingthe blowtorch. By: John • Pick out the metaphors in the poem? • What objects are being compared?

6. Crafting the Lesson (We) • Family – firecracker • Father –the wick • Mother – blackened paper • Sister – fallen, colorful parachute • Brother – fresh, untouched powder • I – outside paper, curled away Fifth of July My family is an expired firecrackerset off by the blowtorch of divorce. We layscattered in many directions.My father is the wick, badly burntbut still glowing softly.My mother is the blackened paper fluttering down,blowing this way and that, unsure where to land.My sister is the fallen, colorful parachute,lying in a tangled knot, unable to see the beauty sheholds.My brother is the fresh, untouched powder thatwas protected from the flame. And I,I am the singed, outside papers, curled awayfrom everything, silently frettingthe blowtorch. By: John

7. Composing Meaning (Two) • With a partner, create a metaphorical statement using the words provided by the teacher. car - rocket snow - blanket hat - shield chorus - birds tears - rapid class - circus Now, explain how these two dissimilar items are compared. Be specific. For example, a chair is mother’s arms.The two are compared because a child feels comfortable while laying in his mother’s arms and a chair gives the same comfort.

8. Composing Meaning (You) • Read the poem, “Living Tenderly .” • Number stanzas • Underline end rhyme and give rhyme scheme • Circle the metaphors. • Write down the two dissimilar objects that are being compared.

9. Reflecting: • What is a metaphor? • Give an example.