English Language Arts 9

1. English Language Arts 9 January 9, 2014

2. Bellringer In your NOTEBOOKS, write down today’s date, then answer the following question. Which definition best fits the meaning of serene as it is used in the sentence? A. Definition 1 B. Definition 2 C. Definition 3 D. Definition 4 The lack of automobile traffic made the streets serene; aside from the boats in the canals, the only sounds are footsteps, people’s chattering voices, and water lapping against the sides of buildings. serene adj. 1. unaffected by storms or unpleasant change 2. shining; bright and clear 3. suggesting complete calm and peacefulness 4. used to address some members of royalty

3. Reading WOrkshop • 20-25 minutes • Remember: You must be present and ON TASK during Reading Workshop in order to receive points for reading. That means you are NOT doing homework, sleeping, going to the restroom, going to the library, goofing off, distracting others, etc. • 5 points for every Reading Workshop = 10-15pts. a week. That adds up!

4. What is figurative Language? • Figurative Language-language used in a special way to create a special effect. • Featured prominently throughout literature.

5. What is a metaphor? • Metaphor-comparing 2 unlike things (things you would not usually associate) WITHOUT using the words “like” or “as”. • Example: • Her home was a prison. • “The world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” ~Williams Shakespeare

6. What is a simile? • Simile-comparing two unlike things using the words using “like” or “as”. • Examples: • They fought like cats and dogs. • Busy as a bee. • Blind as a bat.

7. Simile or Metaphor? • 1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves. • 2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, “This class is like a three-ring circus!” • 3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack. • 4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day. • 5. I feel like a limp dishrag. • 6. Those girls are like two peas in a pod. • 7. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.

8. A Dream Deferred By Langston Hughes • 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? Similes or metaphors?

9. What is personification? • Personification-giving human traits (feelings, qualities, actions, or characteristics) to non-human or non-living objects. • Example: • The clock mocked me. • The flowers danced in the breeze. • Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. • The world does not care to hear your sad stories. • The sorry engine wheezed its death cough. • The buses can be impatient around here.

10. The Sky is Low By Emily Dickinson • The sky is low, the clouds are mean, • A traveling flake of snow • Across a barn or through a rut debates it will go. • A narrow wind complains all day how someone treated him; • Nature, like us, is sometimes caught without her diadem. Personification

11. Simile, metaphor, & Personification • In your NOTEBOOK, make the following chart. You will need to write a simile, metaphor, and personification for each item listed.

12. Writing Workshop • Simile and Metaphor practice worksheet (handout)