Level+C+6-28-13

// Copy the following Learning Objectives in your Notebook: // // 6/28/13 Learning Objectives P# // Students will be able to:
 * Define and identify examples of idioms.
 * Define and identify examples of personification.
 * Learn the difference between a dependent and independent clause.

// 6/28/13 Idioms Edge Pg. 677 P# // Learning Objective: // Identify idioms // Explain: Read page 677 to learn what are idioms and practice examples. Copy notes in notebook using Cornell Notes Format. Answer questions: 1. What are idioms? 2. In "The Jewels of the Shrine," what does this idiom mean, "By our fathers' shrine, I am." 3. Why do writers use idioms? 4. What does "I'm dying to see that new movie." mean? 5. What does "Get a load of that bike!" mean? 6. What does "Are you pulling my leg?" mean? 7. Do you have any idioms in your culture? What are they and what do they mean?

Task: 6/28/13 Idioms Edge Interactive Practice Book Pg. 253 Learning Objective: // Identify idioms // Explain: Read and complete pg. 253 about idioms together.

Task: 6/28/13 Idioms Worksheet Learning Objective: // Identify idioms // Explain: Students work together in groups trying to figure out the idioms. Optional: Give treats to the group who has the most correct. Go over together as a class.

// 6/28/13 Personification Edge Pg. 694 P# // Learning Objective: // Define personification // Explain: Read page 694 to learn what is personification. Copy notes in notebook using Cornell Notes Format. Answer questions: 1. What is personification? 2. Why do writers use personification? 3. How is this an example of personification, "cold cannot bite through"? For the following examples, answer these 2 questions: 1.What is being personified? 2. Which human trait is given? 1. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. 2. Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic. 3. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her. 4. As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, " Well, I guess it just walked off my desk." 5.The crops begged for water but the drought continued long into the summer months.

Task: 6/28/13 Add to the foldable for the different sentence types Learning Objective: // Learn about sentence variety and complexity // Explain: Create a multi-tab foldable. Use the "Writing Handbook" p 871 Today, you will add information for clauses (independent and dependent). Then practice in the Edge grammar workbook pages 181-182.

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