Tuesday, January 9 , Non Fiction and Figurative Language

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language and theme in NON-FICTION in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Take out STICKEEN STORY and get either a NEO or a graphic organizer for your constructed response.

Direct Instruction

Remember some of the themes in STICKEEN are:

TRUST / LOYALTY  / DETERMINATION / OVERCOMING FEAR / PRIDE / CONFIDENCE

Hopefully you annotated for the following types of figurative language in the story already:

1. Similes
2. Hyperboles
3. Personification
4. Allusion
5. Alliteration

Now, look back at some of the figurative language used and review the possible themes.  Then choose one or two specific examples of figurative language that match ONE theme and answer the CRQ below.

ANALYZE how Muir uses figurative language in Stickeen in order to communicate the theme of ___________________.

(TRUST / LOYALTY  / DETERMINATION / OVERCOMING FEAR / PRIDE / CONFIDENCE)