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Exploring Figurative Language Through "A Long Way from Chicago

Engage grade 7 students in analyzing figurative language in the novel "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck through activities and discussions. Enhance vocabulary and comprehension skills while exploring similes, metaphors, and more.

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Exploring Figurative Language Through "A Long Way from Chicago

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  1. Lesson PlansWeek 4M. Unser English Grade 7September 22-26, 2014

  2. Monday Warm-Up • Use your device or a dictionary to define the following words: • jaunt • sidled • pilfering

  3. Monday, September 15 • Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions • 7.4TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language • 7.5 TSW identify the elements of narrative structure: analyze use of literary device (foreshadowing) • Smartboard Lesson: Figurative Language • Novel: A Long Way from Chicago • Read pages 21-26. • Discuss examples of figurative language used by Richard Peck

  4. Tuesday Warm-Up The Latin prefix “uni” means “having or consisting of only one. Make a list of words that begin with that prefix

  5. Hyperbole: exaggeration • Simile: comparison using words “like” or “as” • Metaphor: comparison • Idiom: phrase that means different from literal interpretation of words

  6. Tuesday, September 16, 2014 • Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language • 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension • Brain Pops: Figurative Language • Novel: A Long Way from Chicago • Read and Discuss pages 26-31. • Fill in reciprocal teaching chart • Predictions, connections, questions, summaries

  7. Wednesday Warm-Up Simile or Metaphor? • Because I studied for several nights, the quiz was a breeze. • The winter night was so quiet that every sound was as clear as a bell. • Ivan’s dog is the sunshine of his life. • A ghost of a moon shone over the fields. • I slept like a dog last night.

  8. Wednesday September 17, 2014 • Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: identify and analyze figurative language 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension • Figurative Language Cut and Paste • Novel: A Long Way from Chicago • Read and Discuss pages 31-36 • Fill out reciprocal teaching chart

  9. Thursday Warm-Up!Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom? • The friends were two peas in a pod. • Mrs. Hulsey understands students so well, she reads them like a book. • Mrs. Young was as happy as a lark. • Her hair was a cloud of snowy white. • Mrs. Unser was as mad as a hornet

  10. Thursday, September 18, 2014 • Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion • Writer’s Workshop • Writer’s Heart • Unpack a piece of the heart (model writing) • Unpacking • Visit the library • check out books • Read!

  11. Friday Warm-Up Name five things that you remember from Chapter 2: “A Mouse in the Milk”

  12. Friday, September 12, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts Review of Chapter 2 Quiz on Chapter 2 Silent Reading or ISOs

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