We corrected the Simple Solutions Review Guide. We went over our Figurative Language tests.
We took notes from our Literature book on the oral tradition & focused on tall tales as we read "Pecos Bill."
Genealogy reports continued.
Homework
Study for Simple Solutions Test #41-44
Finish guided reading worksheet for "Pecos Bill" using your green literature book.
Write out test corrections for your figurative language test (due Wednesday)
Retakes tomorrow morning 7:15 or after school at 2:45.
PECOS BILL retold by Mary Pope Osborne (page 959)
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Define
the genre: tall tale.
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Give
at least four examples of exaggeration in the story.
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Use
of dialect is part of the author’s style.
Give
two examples of dialect used.
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Find
two similes. Explain the meaning.
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Find
hyperbole.
Explain
the meaning.
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Characterization:
Give
quotes from the story to describe Bill. What can you infer about Bill from
these quotes?
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Find
examples of personification. Explain
the meaning.
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These
are examples of figurative language.
Explain
what they mean.
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1.
Having a ball?”
2.
“she was dying” to?
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Grammar
Review
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Identify
the main clause and the dependent clause in each sentence.
1.
Although
Pecos Bill is human, he was raised by a pack of coyotes.
2.
“Pecos Bill” is a tall tale because it relies on
exaggeration for humor.
3. Before he
met the cowpoke, Bill thought he had a tail like any other coyote.
4. Pecos Bill
punched the rattlesnake so that it wouldn’t strike him.
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Why
does Pecos Bill name the colt the “Widow Maker?
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Write
a summary of the story in four to five sentences on looseleaf.
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