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3- TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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8/22/13
Similes
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3- WORK AT YOUR DESK ON THE DISCOVERING SIMILES PAGE IN
YOUR COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK.
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Discovering Similes
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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.
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Examples:
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When my brother makes dinner, the kitchen looks like a battleground.
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The sink, filled with dirty dishes, is as crowded and messy as a junkyard.
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The countertops are a nightmare of stains, spills, and potato peelings.
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Comparison
Characteristics
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Simile
junkyard
With like, as,
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Metaphor
Without like, as
Things Compared from Examples
kitchen / battleground; sink /
countertops / nightmare
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Directions: Read the passage. Identify three examples of similes.
Underline the example and explain their meaning below.
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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!”
“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
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Story is all about Rachel’s 11th birthday.
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How do you feel about your birthdays?
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Predict with your neighbor what you think will happen in this story.
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How does Rachel feel about her birthday?
As we read, let’s keep the following questions in mind:
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How does the narrator feel about her birthday?
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How can you be different ages all at once?
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What types of characteristics would you give the narrator?
Day 2 of Unit 1: “I Won’t Grow Up!”
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1-Agenda: Read for 20 min
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2- Turn in Newsletter bottom signature portion to class period
drawer.
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3-Finish finding 4 similes from the “Discovering Similes” page in your
compbook.
Similes in Context
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Having read “Eleven”, you and your team need to find at least 3
similes from the text.
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On a sheet of paper, write: Simile:______________________
Page Found on: _____ # of Paragraph on that page:____
Meaning:______________________________
Compares ______ with ________
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After having read “Eleven”,
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Let’s look at page 204 and discuss #2-3 as a class.
Day 3 of Unit 1: “I Won’t Grow Up!””Eleven”
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1. Agenda: Read for 20 min
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2. Finish finding 3 similes with teammates. Write down the simile,
meaning, and what it compares
Close Read:
Target passage 1: p.200
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Look at lines 1-13 again. Reread these lines and consider the
following questions:
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How does the narrator feel about her birthday? What evidence in lines
4-6 can you find?
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How can you be different ages all at once? How do lines 8-13 answer
this question?
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What do you know about the narrator so far? What from these lines tells
you about her?
Close Read:
Target passage 1: p.202
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Look at lines 44-62 again. Reread these lines and consider the
following questions:
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Why does Rachel feel sick inside? What evidence can you find in lines
44-47?
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Why does Rachel feel so young? Cite textual evidence from lines 46-48
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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.
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How do lines 59-62 forshadow how the conflict with Mrs. Price will be
resolved?
Close Read:
Target passage 1: p.203
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Look at lines 83-95 again. Reread these lines and consider the
following questions:
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According to Rachel, what is the worst part of the sweater incident?
What evidence from these lines says that?
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Why does Rachel say “it’s too late”?
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Why does Rachel wish she were one hundred and two years old?