Period 6 ELA 3/30/11 Do Now: Log onto PaulCharter.org Lesson Steps: 1. Do Now-7 min 2. Mini lesson 3. Read Aloud 4. Practice 5. Hyperbole video 6. Personification Bingo Standard: Standard: 6.LD-V.9: Determine the meaning of figurative language. Aim: I will identify 4 examples of hyperbole and review personification. Special Note: The first 2 people ON TIME and FINISHED WITH THE DO NOW will receive a special reward!

WHY? To help the readers VISUALIZE the setting or situation To be extremely descriptive

Hyperbole Hyperbole are statements that are exaggerated in order to make a point. They are often very amusing and also fun to read and write. Famous Hyperbole Sayings: ~I could eat a horse! ~My backpack weighs a ton. ~It took forever to get to the beach. ~That dog is so ugly, it fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch.

Friday night I went dancing, and when I woke up on Saturday my feet were killing me! Mom ordered me to clean my room – or else. All day long I worked my fingers to the bone getting things together so I’d be free to go out that evening. I was dying to see the new movie at the Center Cinema. When I finished, however, I was so tired I couldn’t move.

Don’t you think the TV is too loud? The TV is so loud ______________________________________________________ ___________ Are you really going to eat the entire hot fudge brownie sundae? I’m so hungry ______________________________________________________ __________. Look at that incredible amount of snow piled up outside. The snow is so deep that _____________________________________________. Do you really want to go to the movies? I mean, don’t you have too much homework to do? I have so much homework ______________________________________________________ _________. Look at that poor old dog. He can hardly walk. That dog is so old ______________________________________________________ _________.