5. Types of Figurative Language Simile = two unlike things are compared using the word like or as Metaphor = one thing is referred to as if it were another using the word is or are Idiom= expression that has a meaning
10. Audience? What audience? 3What I truly think and feel shows up sometimes. You might not laugh, cry or pound the table Right on the edge of finding its own voice My personality pokes through here & there Pleasant and friendly—cautious though!
12. Let’s Activate Background Knowledge Memoir Maya Angelou shares a memory It focuses on turning points or epiphanies in a person’s life, as well as, descriptions and emotions.
13. Word Parts in‐ intolerant, infuse, inclusively graph‐photograph lit‐ illiteracy
16. What insight does the author reveal in this memoir? How does the author’s perspective lead to her insight? Which statement from the text best indicates the author’s bias towards educated people?
17. Critical Viewing How does this portrait resemble Mrs. Flowers? (character traits)
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19. Essential Question – Blog Response What key elements make this excerpt a memoir?
Figurative Language = writing or speech that is NOT meant to be taken literally; writers state ideas in vivid and imaginative waysSensory Language = details that appeal to a persons taste, touch, speech, sight, and hearingExcerpt = a passage or segment taken from a longer work
Activity: have students use the calendar photos and in pairs, create an example of a simile & metaphor
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Kagan Structure: Hands Up- Pair UP- ShareEach student will be given a fact about Maya Angelou, students will then raise hand, roam around the room, and pair up with fellow classmate. Students will read the facts they have to their new partner about Maya Angelou. Once both students read the facts, students will exchange facts and
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