12.3

=(20 minutes) Bell Ringer=
 * Working with your team, create a set of at least eight (8) flash cards for your given figurative language literary terms. We're creating tools to help you prepare for semester exam! **
 * Choose Roles
 * Recorder: Creates Quizlet account and does the typing. **Add your username and password to your note card in the black box.****﻿**
 * 2 Illustrators: Finds examples (see resources below) of each device.
 * Definer: Works with recorder to define each term.
 * The recorder goes to Quizlet.com and clicks the big green button, "make flashcards" (Make sure no one is logged in.), and begin filling in the blanks!
 * Create one card for the definition and one card with an example.
 * Share your quiz with the class by pasting the link on the assignment page.

Resources

 * About.com's //Grammar and Composition// (type a term in the search box.)
 * Glossary of Lit Terms
 * Elements of Literature

Teams

 * **Team**
 * 1.........................** || **Team 2 ..........................** || **Team 3...........................** || **Team 4...........................** || **Team 5 ........................** || **Team**
 * 6 ........................** ||
 * Simile || Simile || Simile || Simile || Simile || Simile ||
 * Metaphor || Metaphor || Metaphor || Metaphor || Metaphor || Metaphor ||
 * Hyperbole || Oxymoron || Alliteration || Onomatopoeia || Connotation || Verbal Irony ||
 * Understatement || Personification || Pun || Allusion || Theme || Situational Irony ||

=(10 minutes): Explore all the flashcards from all the groups=

=5 minutes) Read Aloud and Quick Assessment=
 * === Take the quiz: 3B and 4B ===

=(20 minutes) Independent Reading=

=(20 minutes) Mini-Lesson: Writing Introductions=
 * With your group scan the introductions of the articles at your table. What do you notice? What do writers do to begin a piece of writing?
 * Each person completes the graphic organizer.
 * [[file:Hook your reader.docx]]
 * Model: [[file:Hook your reader_model.docx]]
 * Share with class, and create class anchor chart: Strategies for HOOKS.
 * Model how to write a hook.
 * Use topic we explored last class.
 * Guided practice: have students write a hook using one of strategies we've explored.

=(25 minutes) Independent Writing=
 * Add an introductory paragraph to your persuasive essay.
 * Be sure to HOOK your audience!
 * Check out model persuasive essays below to see a full persuasive essay:
 * =Model 1=
 * =Model 2=
 * =Model 3=