Date:
9/28/15
Aim: Why do authors use
figurative language?
Weekly learning
target:
I can identify
figurative
language and its
effect on the
story.
Warm Up: Have you ever wanted to run
away from home? Explain.
Think/Tri/Share
Partner C shares
Partner A and B actively
listen
Partners switch roles
Plot Summary
• Junior starts Reardan High School,
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meets beautiful Penelope
Roger (basketball Jock) picks on Junior;
Junior fights back
Penelope dresses as a homeless person
for Halloween to raise money for the
poor; Junior also (pretends to) purposely
dress as a homeless person for
Halloween to raise money and gets beat
up and robbed on the Rez
Agenda
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Warm Up: Journal Prompt
Mini-Lesson: Before and After Shots
Guided Practice: Quote Activity
(Figurative Language Purpose)
Independent Practice: Reading Protocol
Wrap up: Exit Ticket
Homework: Read to page 100
Review
A. Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike
things without using like or as.
Example: That teacher is a dinosaur.
B. Simile
A comparison between two unlike
things using like or as.
Example: She is as blind as a bat.
C. Hyperbole
An exaggeration.
Example: I can smell pizza a mile
away.
Mini-Lesson
Before
Student Volunteer to Read
“Have you ever watched a beautiful woman play
volleyball? Yesterday, during a game, Penelope
was serving the ball and I watched her…
So she was white. I wanted to be near her. She
was serving against the mean girls from
Davenport Lady Gorillas. Yeah, you read that
correctly. They willingly called themselves the
Lady Gorillas. And they were strong. Penelope
and her teammates were losing…She watched
the ball. Just watched it intensely. I wanted her to
pay attention to me.” Pg. 115
Metaphors
Similes
After
Student Volunteers to Read
“Have you ever watched a beautiful woman play volleyball?
Yesterday, during a game, Penelope was serving the ball
and I watched her like she was a work of art…
Her skin was pale. Milky white. Cloud white. So she was all
white on white on white, like the most perfect kind of vanilla
dessert cake you’ve ever seen. I wanted to be her
chocolate topping. She was serving against the mean girls
from Davenport Lady Gorillas. Yeah, you read that correctly.
They willingly called themselves the Lady Gorillas. And they
played like super strong primates too. Penelope and her
teammates were getting killed.” Pg. 115
Figurative Language
and I watched her…
So she was white. I wanted to be near her.
VS.
I watched her like she was a work of art…
Her skin was pale. Milky white. Cloud white. So
she was all white on white on white, like the
most perfect kind of vanilla dessert cake you’ve
ever seen.
Why do authors use
Figurative language?
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To create an image in the reader’s mind
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To help the reader connect to the story
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To engage the reader
Check for Understanding
Why does the author use figurative
language?
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To create an image in the
reader’s mind
To help the reader connect
to the story
To engage the reader
Guided Practice
1) What types of figurative language does the author use?
2) What does it mean?
1. “I’m sick of Indians who treat white
women like bowling trophies.”
2. “I walked like a zombie through the next
few weeks in Reardan.”
3. “I was born with too much grease inside
my skull and it got all thick and muddy and
disgusting and it only mucked up the works.”
Similes, Metaphors and
Hyperboles
Example from the text Type of
Figurative
Language
“Indian families
stick
together like Gorilla
Glue…” pg. 89
Simile
Meaning
Indian
families
are very
close.
Purpose
To emphasize
how close
Indian families
are.
Partner Reading Protocol
Page 82-100
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Partner A reads until the end of the page
Partner B summarizes the page
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“This page was mostly about…”
Partner C identifies 1 piece of figurative language from
the page, the meaning and the purpose.
“One piece of figurative language that I found on
page ______was_________. It means_____. The
author uses it to_______________.”
***Partners switch roles
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Exit Ticket
Why do authors use
figurative language?
Authors use figurative language
to…
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Homework
 Read to page 100