Friday, February 11, 2011

Book Jackets • Lit Elements and Devices

Homework/Classwork Assistance
Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty. We welcome UO student teacher Eric Renner.

Mystery/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Project
This assignment was due Wed., Feb. 9th. This week we are sharing book jackets that demonstrate creative effort, adequate time invested and successful attempts to engage and persuade potential teen readers

Journal Entries"Words "
Respond briefly (3 sentences) to the daily quotation on the topic of "words."


Literary Devices in The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs
Students will demonstrate understanding of literary devices by creating a plot pyramid to summarize a story read by the teacher.

Literary Devices
We are currently studying the following:
flashback
foreshadowing
irony
anachronism
simile
imagery
exaggeration
allusion