1. Florida Collections Page 71 Make sure you have a textbook on your desk!

2.   Look over the first page of the story….How is the story structure similar to a traditional one and how is it different? Analyze the Text Structure

3.   Similar = A character is introduced  Different = Paragraphs are written in sections under numbered headings (like an article). Analyze the Text Structure

4.   Lines 22-29 “In one of them, I am clinging to the ceiling of a summer cottage while a red-faced man in white shorts and a white V-necked T-shirt jumps up and down, hitting at me with a tennis racket. There are cedar rafters up here, and sticky flypapers attached with tacks, dangling like toxic seaweeds. I look down at the man’s face, foreshortened and sweating, the eyes bulging and blue, the mouth emitting furious noise, rising up like a marine float, sinking again, rising as if on a swell of air.” Figurative Language Identify the simile

5.   Lines 22-29 “In one of them, I am clinging to the ceiling of a summer cottage while a red-faced man in white shorts and a white V-necked T-shirt jumps up and down, hitting at me with a tennis racket. There are cedar rafters up here, and sticky flypapers attached with tacks, dangling like toxic seaweeds. I look down at the man’s face, foreshortened and sweating, the eyes bulging and blue, the mouth emitting furious noise, rising up like a marine float, sinking again, rising as if on a swell of air.” Figurative Language What is being compared in each?

6.   Look at Lines 38-46  Identify images that the writer uses.  What is the effect? Look for Imagery

7.   Images:  “water trickling”  “glistening hush”  Effect  Allows the reader to feel a sense of safety and comfort of the home the bat anticipates. Look for Imagery

8.  And please place your STAPLED Research Paper and PowerPoint in the class bin. Study List 6 Study List 6

9. Vocab Quiz #4 List 6 “My Life as a Bat” Quick Review/Theme Question Nature Article

10.   What is theme?  Theme is the message the author is trying to convey. There can be more than one!  What is the theme of “My Life as a Bat”? (found on page 71)  Provide one piece of evidence from the text to support your answer. Theme

11.   Read the dolphin article.  On the SAME sheet of paper (from the bat story) – answer the 2 questions on the back – 1 paragraph per question (will equal 1 page in length).  Circle words in the article that you don’t understand.  Turn in work to class bin when finished Nature Article