Countdown…

• Check In• Have a writing utensil• Grab your journal from the bin.• Add “Scar Body Map” to your Journal

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August 14Scar Body

Map

• Draw a stick figure in your journal

• Place an X on any place that you have a scar, broken bone, or other injury.

• Then write caption for each with the main idea remember about how the injury occurred.

August 15Scar Stories

• Choose ONE of your injuries from yesterday and write the story about what happened.

• Use IMAGERY (sensory details) and vivid language to make listeners really be able to picture what happened. – I can still smell…– The sight of….– I remember hearing…– It tasted like…

Figurative Language Booklet

Step by Step!

You need…• 2 sheets of WHITE computer paper

AND• 1 sheet of COLORED computer paper.

Building the booklet.

• Put the colored sheet on the bottom. • Stack the white computer sheets on

top centered in the middle. • Fold the WHOLE stack in half

“hamburger style” or horizontally. • Put two staples on the folded edge.

Cover

• Your cover must include:– a title…– Your name…– Class Period…–Due Date:

• Other than those requirements, make it look nice.

Table of Contents

1. Simile2. Metaphor3. Hyperbole4. Imagery5. Personification

6. Alliteration7. Symbol8. Onomatopoeia

On the inside of the cover, you will make a table of contents and number the pages in your booklet!

Pages• Each figurative language

device gets it’s own page. • For each page, you must

include:– The name of the device– a definition– two example sentences– a picture that relates to your

sentences.

Simile

Definition: A comparison using the words “like” or “as”

1. She’s as tall as a giraffe.

2. This room is as cold as an igloo.

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