Happy Monday! Please do the following for Bell Work 4

1. Copy the sentences below. • Underline all of the VERBS twice in each sentence (be sure to include HV) Happy Monday! Please do the following for Bell Work 4 • The costumes have not yet arrived. • Must you do your homework now? • Did Carl hit the ball over the fence?

2. Happy Monday! Please do the following for Bell Work 4 Please answer the following in the “GRAMMAR SHOTS” portion of your WNB: • Copy the sentences below. • Underline all of the VERBS twice in each sentence (be sure to include HV) • The costumes have not yet arrived. • Must you do your homework now? • Did Carl hit the ball over the fence?

3. Vocabulary 1:3

4. “TMDG” Partner Project Setting: Map of the Island Character Portraits Plot Chart Conflict Chart

6. Happy Tuesday! Please do the following for Bell Work 4 Underline the SUBJECT once and the VERB twice The wind had been blowing. The students were studying. The cat was meowing. Subject: What or whom the sentence in about

7. Basic Sentence Diagram Underline the SUBJECT once and the VERB twice The windhad been blowing. The studentswere studying. The catwas meowing. Wind had been blowing (subject) (verb)

8. Quick Quiz #1 • Have out a pen/cil • Your notes are fair game! • Flip over when done & read silently

9. Figurative Language Devices Simile Definition: A comparison using “like” or “as” Examples : After winning the game, the pitcher felt as light as a feather. Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives.

10. Figurative Language Devices Metaphor Definition: A direct comparison between two seemingly unlike things. Example: The sky is a blanket of stars.

11. Figurative Language Devices Personification Definition: Giving human qualities to non-human things Example: The blades of grass danced in the wind. The guitar sung a love song.

12. Figurative Language Devices Imagery Definition: Descriptive words and phrases that paint a picture in your mind; uses the 5 senses Example: Crashing and splashing over the jagged mountain cliffs, the blue cascade of water dominated the landscape.

13. More Literary Devices… Symbol: Def: something that stands for something else. Motif: Def: Reoccurring patterns of elements.

14. More Literary Devices… Denotation: Def: the dictionary definition of a word Connotation: Def: what a word suggests beyond its literal meaning. CRUSTY Denotation: a hard outer covering Connotation: something that is dumb, not cool, ugly…

15. Identify:SimilesMetaphors All right stop collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention Something grabs a hold of me tightly Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly Will it ever stop yo I don’t know Turn off the lights and I’ll glow To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candleDance go rush to the speaker that booms I’m killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom Deadly when I play a dope melody Anything less than the best is a felony Love it or leave it you better gain weight You better hit bull’s eye the kid don’t play If there was a problem yo I’ll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it (Mr. Baker… In his younger years)

16. Identify:SimilesMetaphors All right stop collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention Something grabs a hold of me tightly Flow like a harpoon daily and nightlyWill it ever stop yo I don’t know Turn off the lights and I’ll glow To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandalLight up a stage and wax a chump like a candleDance go rush to the speaker that booms I’m killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom Deadly when I play a dope melody Anything less than the best is a felony Love it or leave it you better gain weight You better hit bull’s eye the kid don’t play If there was a problem yo I’ll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it (Mr. Baker… In his younger years)

17. = LOVE

18. Exit Ticket: Complete the following SIMILE: “I’m ___________ your _________ like a (verb) (noun) __________________.” (Noun of comparison)

19. Happy Wednesday! Please do the following for Bell Work 4 Q1: Define SYMBOL. Q2: What is the difference between DENOTATION and CONNOTATION?

20. Denotation vs. Connotation

21. Symbols

22. “The Scarlet Ibis”

23. “The Scarlet Ibis” Watch Make a prediction

24. “The Scarlet Ibis” Big Q: Why do they have to die? Day 1: 1st: Underline FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 3rd: Highlight in pink/green SETTING 4th: Highlight in yellow MOTIF Author’s Purpose Day 2: 3rd: Underline FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 4th: Highlight in pink/green SETTING 1st: Highlight in yellow MOTIF

25. Happy Thursday! Please do the following on your BW 4 paper: From the words listed below, craft a paragraph that predicts the ending of “The Scarlet Ibis”. Word Bank Red Rain Cruelty Tired Bird Swamp Bad luck Doodle Brother

26. “The Scarlet Ibis” Big Q: Why do they have to die? Day 1: 1st: Underline FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 3rd: Highlight in pink/green SETTING 4th: Highlight in yellow MOTIF Author’s Purpose Day 2: 3rd: Underline FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 4th: Highlight in pink/green SETTING 1st: Highlight in yellow MOTIF