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AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Do Now:
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AGENDA Freshman English 11-15-11
1.Do Now2.Main Lesson3.Review Points4.File Work
Homework: complete any
incomplete classwork
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Poetry uses both figurative and literal meanings of words.
“…the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up.” – Thank you Ma’m by Langston Hughes
Literal language tells you exactly what happened.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Poetry uses both figurative and literal meanings of words.
Figurative language puts a picture in the reader’s mind.
the boy hit the sidewalk like a sack of potatoes.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Literal language tells you exactly what happened.
one of the two boys heard a very loud sound overhead.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Figurative language puts a picture in the reader’s mind.
“one of the two boys …. looks up to listen to a tremendous screeching roar from overhead.” - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Sterling
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Put some life to this ‘literal’ sentence that describes the sun:
I think the sun is a star,That comes out for just one hour.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Figurative language puts a picture in the reader’s mind.
“I think the sun is a flower,That blooms for just one hour.” - All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Main Lesson
Put “life” to the following everyday objects so that you’ll have a mental picture of the object:
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Put “life” to the following everyday objects so that you’ll have a mental picture of the object:
Literal: The chairs were brightly colored
Figurative: The Chairs were like colors in a flag.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Put “life” to the following everyday objects so that you’ll have a mental picture of the object:
Literal:
Figurative:
Figurative Language Review:• A writers tool• It helps the reader
to visualize (see) what the writer is thinking
• It puts a picture in the readers mind
Simile• A simile is used
to compare two things
• It uses the words “like” or “as” to make comparisons.
Metaphor• A metaphor is used
to compare two things
• Instead of saying something is “like” or “as” --- a metaphor states that it just IS.
Imagery –• the use of words to
create a mental picture of something. For example, if you read the words “the sea was calm,” you create a calm sea in your imagination.
Symbolismthe use of one thing to represent something else. Literally, a country’s flag is just a piece of cloth but symbolically it means patriotism and love of country.
Read along to yourself with Southbound on the Freeway as the teacher reads it aloud.
Look for uses of figurative language and underline all the examples that you can find.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
A tourist came in from Orbitville,
parked in the air, and said:
The creatures of this starare made of metal and glass.
Explain the use of
figurative
Language in the poem
Explain the use of
figurative
Language in the poem
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Through the transparent partsyou can see their guts.
Their feet are round and rollon diagrams--or long
measuring tapes--dark with white lines.
Explain the use of
figurative
Language in the poem
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
They have four eyes.The two in the back are red.
Explain the use of
figurative
Language in the poem
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Sometimes you can see a 5-eyed one, with a red eye turning
on the top of his head. He must be special-
the others respect him,and go slow,
when he passes, winding among them from behind.
Explain the use of
figurative
Language in the poem
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
They all hiss as they glide,like inches, down the marked
tapes. Those soft shapes, shadowy inside
the hard bodies--are they their guts or their brains?
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Check for Understanding:
What is the poet imagining in “Southbound on the Freeway”?
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Check for Understanding:
Who is the speaker of the poem “Southbound on the Freeway”?
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Check for Understanding:
Each detail in “Southbound on the Freeway” is a clue to the riddle.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Check for Understanding:
What is the “tourist” looking at?
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
See if you can identify all the clues by completing these “equations”:
guts = ?
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
tapes = ?
5-eyed one = ?
feet = ?
eyes = ?
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Suppose you are driving one of the cars south-bound on the freeway. You look up and see this tourist parked in the air. Think of some figures of speech you’d use to describe this to your friends.
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Haven’t cars in our world really become ….more important than people?”
Quote from the Author:
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Haven’t cars in our world really become ….more important than people?”
What do you think about this quote?
Guided Practice:
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Using what you know about literal and figurative language, write 5 figurative sentences about 5 common things you see in the classroom, school, the home or anywhere else. Record you answers in your yellow journal. Please put the date on the top.
Guided Practice: Adaptations
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
The schools look like a prison because there is barbed wire around it.
The girl radiated sunshine wherever she went; she always had a positive attitude.
Guided Practice:
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
Write 5 figurative sentences about 5 common things you see in the classroom, school, the home or anywhere else.
Example: “The skateboard flew like a rocket through the intersection.”“My cellphone grew legs and walked off last period – I can’t find it anywhere!”
Closure: (Debrief)
AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.
What do you know about literal and figurative language?
Name one positive thing you heard during this lesson.
Summarize work and behavior
Set next steps