Do NowPlease come in quietly and take your seats.

Take out a half sheet of paper for the DO NOW and a pen or pencil

Sit in Professional Posture

Do NowUsing a paragraph format, describe your favorite type of cake.

I want you to use at least 2 of the following in your description:

1. Metaphor 3. Hyperbole 2. Simile 4. Personification

Alphabet BooksTo improve our vocabulary and ensure we are comprehending the

novel Firewing, you will make an alphabet book!! You will be in pairs, and each group will have 1-2 letters to

complete. For each letter that you have, you will have the following:

1. The letter of the alphabet2. Your word3. It’s meaning/definition (how would you explain it?)4. A sentence using the word (this can be the sentence

from the novel, but you must include the page number)5. An explanation of why the word is important in the

novel6. A picture to accompany it

You will have one hour to complete this!!I will pass out crayons, colored pencils, markers, novels, and

dictionaries. Make this creative, neat, and colorful!!

-Important note: You must look through the novel, and find an IMPORTANT word that starts with your letter. This word must be a main word that is significant to the meaning of the novel. -For example, the words echo chamber would be a good one to use. The word bat would not.

Example PageV: VampireDefinition: a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the livingSentence: Edward, a vampire in Twilight, is loved by many teenage girls.

This sentence is important in the novel Twilight because many of its main characters are vampires, so readers must know what they are.

Read Firewing Before we begin reading, can someone summarize what happened in the first book in this series- Silverwing?

Do NowIn 3-4 sentences, I want you to summarize our novel so far. Think about the important events from the beginning of the novel to what we have currently read.

Comprehension Activity

Summarize what happens in the first chapter

Why does Griffin want to steal fire?

How are Griffin and Luna similar to Marina and Shade?

Do you think Griffin is similar to Shade? Why or why not?