Today the students responded to, and several shared, a Journal about a quote by Nelson Mandela. Then they proceeded to complete Connect to Your Life on page 848 discussing childhood and trees, and the poem "Birches" on page 849. As a paired activity the students completed the Literary Analysis on page 841. The assignment required 3 examples of figurative language from the poem, completing the Paired Activity where the student creates their own simile and metaphor to go with the poem, and one example each of alliteration, assonance, and consonance.
HW: Read chapter 4 in OMM - due 1/9 Thursday. RCQ Thursday 1/9 on chapter 4. Complete work started in class and type all Literary analysis due 1/10 Friday.
