Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW
Match the Keystone term with its Synonym
Direct Instruction
Figurative language is found everywhere - not just poems!
figurative language in music and movies
Guided
Two stories - one with figurative Language - one without. We will read them together - and identify the figurative language in the second story.
Independent
1. Read the next short story with no figurative language. Use the graphic organizer to add figurative language to the story. Then rewrite the whole story on a NEO.
2. Beneath your rewrite, analyze your OWN STORY. Answer this question for what you just wrote:
Analyze the author's (that's you) use of figurative language in the passage above and explain how it helps the reader gain a better understanding/image of the character and the plot.
2. Complete the Keystone definitions on opposite side of "DO NOW."
Check for Understanding
Individual student checks.
Closure Review figurative language and prepare for constructed response tomorrow.
Exit Pass
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