Another full day!
I must say I am SUPER impressed with how well the students are working in class. Our first few days back have been quite productive.
This morning we talked about hyperbole and personification and came up with some of our own statements using them. Tonight students have some straightforward worksheets to complete identifying these two types of figurative language.
We also talked about metaphors and similes again. Tonight students should write a simile/metaphor poem. They should pick something from their life (an object, something they own, friend, or family member) and then compare it to something else to start the poem. The rest of the poem then explains why they made this comparison.
Here are some examples:
My mother is like an alarm clock.
She wakes me up every morning.
But she doesn’t go, Beep! Beep! Beep!・
Instead, she yanks open my bedroom door and yells,
Sleepyhead, get out of bed!
My dog is a cheetah.
When someone leaves the door open,
she springs out the door and runs down the street so fast
no one can catch her without a helicopter and a tranquilizer gun.
We also started reading “Love that Dog” in small groups , which is an absolutely fantastic story written like a poem. Ask your student about it!
In Math we reviewed addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with simple decimals. Tonight students have another two sets of decimals that they should add, subtract, multiply, and divide:
.45 .15 (add, subtract, multiply, and divide these!)
2.4 .6 (add, subtract, multiply, and divide these too!)
We also have a bunch of quizzes tomorrow, as it is Friday!
They will cover:
What causes weather?
Metaphors, Similes, Hyperbole, Personification
adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing simple decimals
so, tl;dr
Identify the personification and hyperbole
Write a metaphor poem
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide these two sets:
.45 .15
2.4 .6
And as always, read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter