1. Welcome - 1- FIND YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT - 2- WRITE IN YOUR AGENDA: READ FOR 20 MIN & NEWSLETTER - 3- GET A NEWSLETTER: NEEDS TO BE SIGNED AND TURNED IN TOMORROW! - 3- TABLE OF CONTENTS: - 8/22/13Similesp.6 - 3- WORK AT YOUR DESK ON THE DISCOVERING SIMILES PAGE IN YOUR COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK.

2.  Discovering Similes  You can paint strong word pictures by comparing two things that share some qualities. A simile is a comparison of two things that have some quality in common. A simile contains a word such as like, as, resembles, or than. A metaphor is a comparison of two things that does not use like, as, resembles, or than. Instead, it states that one thing actually is something else.  Examples:  When my brother makes dinner, the kitchen looks like a battleground.  The sink, filled with dirty dishes, is as crowded and messy as a junkyard.  The countertops are a nightmare of stains, spills, and potato peelings.  Comparison Characteristics Things Compared from Examples  Simile With like, as, kitchen / battleground; sink / junkyard  Metaphor Without like, as countertops / nightmare

3.  Directions: Read the passage. Identify three examples of similes. Underline the example and explain their meaning below.  Sometimes I think that I’m as blind as a bat. Yesterday my teacher asked us to find examples of similes. I’m usually smart as a whip but I couldn’t find anything. My mind was like a blank page. My friend Brian is a computer of information. He suggested that I look in the newspaper. On the front page was the headline “Flag Flies High as a Kite.” There are no similes there. Next I tried looking in my favorite book. It is a book about baseball. The main character in the book speeds around the bases like a racecar. But there are no similes there either. Finally, Brian says “you’re as slow as a snail.” And I say, “Aha! There is a simile!”

4. “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros  Story is all about Rachel’s 11 th birthday.  How do you feel about your birthdays?  Predict with your neighbor what you think will happen in this story.  How does Rachel feel about her birthday?

5. As we read, let’s keep the following questions in mind:  How does the narrator feel about her birthday?  How can you be different ages all at once?  What types of characteristics would you give the narrator?

6. Day 2 of Unit 1: “I Won’t Grow Up!”  1-Agenda: Read for 20 min  2- Turn in Newsletter bottom signature portion to class period drawer.  3-Finish finding 4 similes from the “Discovering Similes” page in your compbook.

7. Similes in Context  Having read “Eleven”, you and your team need to find at least 3 similes from the text.  On a sheet of paper, write: Simile:______________________ Page Found on: _____ # of Paragraph on that page:____ Meaning:______________________________ Compares ______ with ________

8.  After having read “Eleven”,  Let’s look at page 204 and discuss #2-3 as a class.

9. Day 3 of Unit 1: “I Won’t Grow Up!””Eleven”  1. Agenda: Read for 20 min  2. Finish finding 3 similes with teammates. Write down the simile, meaning, and what it compares

10. Close Read: Target passage 1: p.200  Look at lines 1-13 again. Reread these lines and consider the following questions:  How does the narrator feel about her birthday? What evidence in lines 4-6 can you find?  How can you be different ages all at once? How do lines 8-13 answer this question?  What do you know about the narrator so far? What from these lines tells you about her?

11. Close Read: Target passage 1: p.202  Look at lines 44-62 again. Reread these lines and consider the following questions:  Why does Rachel feel sick inside? What evidence can you find in lines 44-47?  Why does Rachel feel so young? Cite textual evidence from lines 46-48  How does Rachel show that the sweater isn’t hers? What evidence from this passage can you find? Direct us to the correct line of passage to prove your response.  How do lines 59-62 forshadow how the conflict with Mrs. Price will be resolved?

12. Close Read: Target passage 1: p.203  Look at lines 83-95 again. Reread these lines and consider the following questions:  According to Rachel, what is the worst part of the sweater incident? What evidence from these lines says that?  Why does Rachel say “it’s too late”?  Why does Rachel wish she were one hundred and two years old?