Sunday, September 26, 2010

Week Three Class Work and Homework Monday

Monday
Review of comparisons:
Similes-comparisons using like or as
Metaphors-implied comparisons

Something is/was something else
Something equals something else
X=Y
SWABAT: student will be able to
·      identify comparisons
·      distinguish between similes and metaphors
·      consider what point an author was making with each comparison
Read A Tragedy at Salem and the Diary of Samuel Seawall pp.52-59 Complete exercises 1-6 on page 60 and make flashcards of the vocabulary on page 60:
·      Agitated
·      Forbear
·      Vindicate
·      Reiterated
·      Wrath
Students that they can find the definitions in the footnotes of the stories as well as in the Glossary of Vocabulary Words that begins on pp. 975 of their textbook.


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