English Language Arts
Literary Devices
The students have been examining various literary devices including similes, personification, alliteration, and metaphors. Below, is an interesting website that your child can use to further understand the different terms. The website contains various songs along with their lyrics.
http://figurativelanguageinsongs.weebly.com
Here are a couple YouTube videos that we have watched in class to help us better understand these concepts.
Personification
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKgLnhelX4
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoBkJ4r7Zg
Here is a document with many, many examples of personification:
The students have been examining various literary devices including similes, personification, alliteration, and metaphors. Below, is an interesting website that your child can use to further understand the different terms. The website contains various songs along with their lyrics.
http://figurativelanguageinsongs.weebly.com
Here are a couple YouTube videos that we have watched in class to help us better understand these concepts.
Personification
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKgLnhelX4
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoBkJ4r7Zg
Here is a document with many, many examples of personification:
personification.docx | |
File Size: | 149 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Simile
Here is a document that contains four pages of similes:
Here is a document that contains four pages of similes:
similes.docx | |
File Size: | 24 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Alliteration
Here is a document that contains several examples of alliteration:
Here is a document that contains several examples of alliteration:
examples_of_alliteration.docx | |
File Size: | 168 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Below, are two videos that we watched in class as examples of alliteration:
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U97lbv0_A2I
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GbMgs7NLI
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U97lbv0_A2I
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GbMgs7NLI
Metaphor
Here is a document that contains several metaphors:
metaphor.docx | |
File Size: | 113 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Here is an amazing YouTube video all about similes and metaphors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU
Synonyms and Antonyms
Below, are two documents that we used in class to review synonyms and antonyms.
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Here is an awesome YouTube video all about antonyms and synonyms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBWm3-mxL1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBWm3-mxL1U
Recount
Below, is a check-list that the students must submit BEFORE they can hand in a good copy of their recount.
i_can_recount_an_experience.pdf | |
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Procedure/"how-to"
Below, is a check-list that the students must submit before they can hand in a final draft of their 'how-to'.
i_can_provide_instructions_on_how_to_do_or_make_something.pdf | |
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Narrative
For the month of December, the students will be writing a narrative. They could either write their narrative independently or with a partner for this assignment. Below, is the rubric that I used to grade the students' narratives. The second document, is an outline of the necessary criteria for a narrative, which was discussed before they began to write.
narrative_rubric_and_criteria.pdf | |
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descriptive report
Below, are the students' descriptive reports. They could either do this assignment individually or with a partner.
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This document was part of the rubric that I used to grade this assignment. This document helped me to decide what the students would receive under the "Content" heading, which was out of 5. I took all of the criteria that we had discussed BEFORE the students started the assignment and then went through each presentation to see whether or not they had included the required information.
descriptive_reports_-_criteria.pdf | |
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Below, is the rubric that I used to grade the presentation, which was out of 20.
rubric_for_power_point_project_-_descriptive_report.pdf | |
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Daily Reading Log
Below, is the format for the students' new Daily Reading Log. They will be using this document starting Monday, February 2nd.
independentreadinglogs.pdf | |
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