Today we continued discussing and creating flash for literary devices/techniques: adage, allegory, allusion
We shared SciFi free verse "riddle" poems and guessed the descriptions. We discussed our homework -- structural analysis using "trans" and "un." We reviewed root words and affixes that we have studies: frag, frac, cede, lum, credere, contra, audi, bene, dem
Harvard & Yale listened to "Roughing It" by Mark Twain and paraphrased his witty statements.
Princeton worked in teams to paraphrase and listened to "The Fable" by Twain.
Simple Solutions Tests were passed back and correct answers were reviewed.
Homework:
Simple Solutions Test corrections due Wednesday (retake opportunities: Tuesday am, pm or Wednesday am);
Current events (Paris, France or free speech issue and world response) due Tuesday (go on newsela, read article and take quiz).
Genealogy Projects DUE WEDNESDAY.
Figurative Language Menus DUE 1/29/15.
8th Grade Field Trip/Luncheon deposit due
2/6/15 ($57.50 1/2 or 115.00 full)
EXTRA EFFORT OPPORTUNITY #3:
Research Allegory (find two and cite the source) and list five Adages and list source.
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