1. Welcome! February 9th, 2018 Friday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Friday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find and label the examples of figurative language.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. puppy. She screamed, “Ahhh!” when she saw the
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Read the paragraph below and find examples of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron and/or alliteration.
Diane couldn’t wait for Christmas morning. She had hoped her hand held tablet would be waiting under the tree to be opened. They flew so quickly off the shelves when they went on sale last week, but she didn’t get there in time. When she asked her parents if they bought it, they teased, “definitely maybe.”
On Christmas morning, Diane’s parents handed her the first gift. She ripped the paper open like a misbehaving
puppy. She screamed, “Ahhh!” when she saw the
tablet peek out from the wrapping paper.

3. Short Story Unit Final: Theme Essay!
Today, is a drafting day. You have four goals:
Finish writing your introductions and conclusions if you still haven’t.
Transfer your outline to a new document titled “rough draft.” Make sure you remove all elements (numbers, spacing, etc.) of your outline – this should look like a normal essay.
Check out the handouts on embedding quotations and transitions – make sure your essay makes good use of both techniques.
Continue working on your IXL for the week: F.3 and F.4 in 10th Grade Skills