8 th Graders Welcome!

1. 8th GradersWelcome! Row Leaders: Grab your row’s folders from the folder box. Have a seat before the bell rings or you will be late. :O) Get out your materials and prepare to write your agenda. -Thank you!

2. A Quick Reminder: • Do not get out of your seat without permission. • If you are eating, put it away or throw it away. • Do NOT shoot trash into the trash can. • Be ready to work and stay on task.

3. 8th Grade Agenda 3-22-11 Tuesday • Write your agenda • Stamp per. 1 for A.L. #5 • Warm-up (A.L. #7)* • “The Cremation of Sam McGee” (p. 418-21)* • Start with stanza 4. • Need Holt Literature and Language Arts Book • Finish A.L. #6 • Personification CNs (A.L. #8)* Objective: In Cornell notes, SWBAT identify personification in “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” HW: None A.L.:7.) Misused and Lit. Devices 3/22 8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22

4. Assignment Log #77.) Commonly Misused Words CN 3/22 *Copy down the following words or word pairs on the left hand side of your Cornell notes. Then, use the Holt Handbook to write down the explanations on the right hand side of your notes. (5 min) (p. 269-70) • doesn’t don’t: • fewer, less: • good, well: • hardly, scarcely:

5. Assignment Log #6 (cont…)6.) Misused and “Sam McGee” CN 3/22 *Part 2: Continue your Cornell Notes. On the left hand side write the following poetic devices and on the right hand side write the lines from “Sam McGee” in which the device is found. Then, circle the poetic device. (p. 416-21) • internal rhyme • personification • end rhyme • metaphor- Still need • alliteration • simile *You may just write down one or two stanzas and circle, underline, box, label, etc… the different items. Just be sure to create a key so that I can see what you are identifying.

6. Assignment Log #88.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 *Find at least 6 examples of personification in “…Sam McGee.” Write EACH example (the whole line) and then next to it, write what is being personified. • This is an individual assignment! • You will be assigned certain pages depending on where you sit: • Rows 1-3 (pgs. 418-9) (lines 17-44) • Rows 4-6 (pgs. 420-1) (lines 45-68)

7. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 1 Rows 1-3 (pgs. 418-9) (lines 17-44) Personification:

8. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 1 Rows 4-6 (pgs. 420-1) (lines 45-68) Personification:

9. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 2 Rows 1-3 (pgs. 418-9) (lines 17-44) Personification:

10. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 2 Rows 4-6 (pgs. 420-1) (lines 45-68) Personification:

11. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 5 Rows 1-3 (pgs. 418-9) (lines 17-44) Personification:

12. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 5 Rows 4-6 (pgs. 420-1) (lines 45-68) Personification:

13. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 6 Rows 1-3 (pgs. 418-9) (lines 17-44) Personification:

14. Assignment Log #8 (Cont…)8.) “…Sam McGee” Personification CN 3/22 Per 6 Rows 4-6 (pgs. 420-1) (lines 45-68) Personification:

15. Winding Down *Class is almost over, so it is time to: • Recap: Did you accomplish this objective? • Objective: In Cornell notes, SWBAT identify personification in “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” • Remain in your seats. • Pass folders with your A.L. packets inside to the front of your row. • Take out agenda to be checked. • When you are dismissed, row leaders please put the folders away.

16. Materials needed • Holt Literature and Language Arts books

17. State Standards • 3.1 Determine and articulate the relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry (for example, ballad). • 3.6 Identify significant literary devices (e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define a writer's style and use those elements to interpret the work.