Eureka #3 (November 19)

Conduct: Hyrum
Song: Garrett
Prayer: Anna
Pledge: Marilee
Theme: Tommy
Quote: Lauren
Treasurer: Talmage
Show & Tell: Eva

November 13 is National Kindness Day! How many acts of kindness can you perform this week? See these videos for a few ideas!

• Fancy pants
• Kindness can be the norm
• Kindness boomerang 

Read at Home: finish The Family Under the Bridge

Writing:

• Each day, list something for which you are grateful. Take a picture of the thing or something that represents that thing.
• Write the next the poem (below) in your notebook in your best handwriting. (It's long but you have all Christmas break to finish memorizing.)
• Recite all 7 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$).
• Work on memorizing the first 2 stanzas of this week's poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!).

If You Were Busy Being Kind
 by R. Foreman

If you were busy being kind,
Before you knew it you would find
You’d soon forget to think ’twas true
That someone was unkind to you.

If you were busy being glad
And cheering people who seem sad,
Although your heart might ache a bit,
You’d soon forget to notice it.

If you were busy being good,
And doing just the best you could,
You’d not have time to blame some man
Who’s doing just the best he can.

If you were busy being true
To what you know you ought to do,
You’d be so busy you’d forget
The blunders of the folks you’ve met.

If you were busy being right,
You’d find yourself too busy quite
To criticize your brother long,
Because he’s busy being wrong.

Eureka:

Read this webpage and write down 4-6 interesting things you learned about birds.

Learn the definitions of these words: endangered, extinct, endemic, migration, climate, habitat, predator. 

Choose a bird from this document. Learn about it and come prepared to share what you've discovered, including its habitat; food source; predators, if any; current status (endangered, extinct, or, in one case, recovered); etc. What threatens your bird or caused its extinction? If it is not yet extinct, what is being done to save it? If it is recovered from the brink of extinction, what happened? 

Draw your bird, if desired. (Feel free to trace it and fill in the details.)

What have you learned about birds? What questions do you have? Have you discovered a favorite bird? If so, which one and why?

History #3 China 2020 (November 12)

Ancient China- 

Conduct: Garrett
Song: Anna
Prayer: Marilee
Pledge: Tommy
Theme: Lauren
Quote: Talmage
Treasurer: Eva 
Show & Tell: Hyrum

Writing: 

• Each day, list something for which you are grateful. Take a picture of the thing or something that represents that thing.
• Write the next poem (below) in your notebook in your best handwriting.
• Recite all 6 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$).
• Work on memorizing this week's poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!).
  
• Tell 2 family members about the Saguaro Cactus using your key word outline. Remember to read your key words, think, then look at the person while you speak.

Singing Time

by Rose Fyleman

I wake in the morning early

And always, the very first thing,

I poke out my head and I sit up in bed

And I sing and I sing and I sing. 

History: 

Go to the library and get 10 books about Ancient China,  Look at the books and come prepared to share some of the cool things you have learned. You will earn Vanguard money for interesting facts.

Read "You wouldn't want to be in the Forbidden City" or "You wouldn't want to work on the great wall of China." 

Watch on Amazon Prime - Kids Animated History episode 11 and episode 12

Geography
Pick one country from the list and come ready to present on it.

Choose any country to learn about in more detail and present to us. You can work on the same country as your siblings, or you can choose different country. You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your country. You can present it like a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.

You could include things like:

• The country's capital
• Picture of the flag
• When did they become a country
• The country motto
• The country nickname
• An interesting fact
• A famous landmark
• What is the climate
• What kind of weather do they have?
• What do they grow?
• Show us where it is on a map
• Someone famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that country, or some display items if you know someone that has been there or something the country is known for doing like making clothes or plastic or anything else you can think of.

You will earn Vanguard money for being prepared!

If you want to earn extra Vanguard Cash you can listen/read The Story of the World Chapt 10, 32, 8,and 9.

Imaginative Arts #2 (November 5)

Imaginative Arts #2

Conduct: Anna
Song:  Marilee
Prayer: Tommy
Pledge: Lauren
Theme: Talmage
Quote: Eva

Treasurer: Hyrum

Show & Tell: Garrett

Read at Home: Read chapters 4-5 in Call It Courage.

Writing:

• Each day, list something for which you are grateful. Take a picture of the thing or something that represents that thing.
• Write the next two stanzas of the poem (below) in your notebook in your best handwriting.
• Recite all 5 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$).
• Work on memorizing the last two stanzas of this week's poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!).

Good Timber (continued)

by Douglas Malloch

Good timber does not grow with ease:

The stronger wind, the stronger trees;

The further sky, the greater length;

The more the storm, the more the strength.

By sun and cold, by rain and snow,

In trees and men good timbers grow.

Where thickest lies the forest growth,
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife.
This is the common law of life.

Photography: Take pictures of the things from your gratitude list above, or of things you could photograph that represent your gratitude items.

Imaginative Arts:

Draw and color a bird. Choose an image from a birding guidebook or from the internet. Add as much detail as you can. You can choose any bird; if you are having a hard time narrowing it down, consider drawing the bird you did your report on earlier. (You can even trace the outline, if that would be helpful in getting started.)

Here are some links to websites, if you need some ideas:

Ducks

Audobon's bird illustrations

All about birds (good place to find a good photo if you already know what bird you want to draw)

Ancient Times Leadership #2

Ancient Times Leadership #2

Conduct: Marilee
Song:  Tommy
Prayer: Lauren
Pledge: Talmage
Theme: Eva
Quote: Hyrum

Treasurer: Garrett

Show & Tell: Anna

Read at Home: Read chapters 1-3 in Call It Courage.

Writing:

• In your notebook, list 10 things/events/people for which you are grateful this week. Also, take pictures of your gratitude items, if possible.
• Write the poem below in your notebook in your best handwriting.
• Recite all 5 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$).
• Work on memorizing the first two stanzas of this week's poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!).

Good Timber

by Douglas Malloch

The tree that never had to fight

For sun and sky and air and light,

But stood out in the open plain

And always got its share of rain,

Never became a forest king

But lived and died a scrubby thing.

The man who never had to toil

To gain and farm his patch of soil,

Who never had to win his share

Of sun and sky and light and air,

Never became a manly man

But lived and died as he began.

Leadership:

Find a person you would like to learn more about.  Read a book about them. Find more out about them on the internet.

Come to class ready to present about them. Dress like them. Show us about their life and what they did.  Why did you pick them? Be creative and fun in showing us who this person is and what they have accomplished. HAVE FUN!

Eureka #2: (October 22)

Conduct: Tommy

Song: Lauren
Prayer: Talmage
Pledge: Eva
Theme: Hyrum
Quote: Garrett
Treasurer: Anna
Show & Tell: Marilee

Read at Home: Finish reading Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (Next book to read at home is Call It Courage.)

Writing:

• Work on memorizing poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!)
• Print off and practice handwriting on this document
• Write the poem in your notebook in your best handwriting
• Recite all 5 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$)
• Complete the key word outline for and retell The Dog and his Shadow to two family members (using only your key word outline for reference)

I have wept in the night

For the shortness of sight

That to somebody's needs made me blind.

But I never have yet

Felt a tinge of regret 

For being a little too kind.

Eureka!

Choose a person on this document to learn about and come prepared to share what you have learned. 

Ancient Times History #2 Egypt 2020

Egypt- 

Conduct: Lauren
Song: Talmage
Prayer: Eva
Pledge: Hyrum
Theme: Garrett
Quote: Anna
Treasurer: Marilee
Show & Tell: Tommy

Read at Home: Read the last two chapters of Homer Price. 

        Next book is Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Writing:

• Work on memorizing poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!)
• Write the poem in your notebook in your best handwriting
• Recite all 4 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$)
• Retell The Fox and the Goat to two family members (using only your key word outline for reference)

The Ingenious Little Old Man

by John Bennett

A little old man of the sea

Went out in a boat for a sail:

The water came in

Almost up to his chin

And he had nothing with which to bail.

But this little old man of the sea

Just drew out his jack-knife so stout,

And a hole with his blade

In the bottom he made,

So that all of the water ran out.

History: Egypt

Go to the library and get 10 books about Egypt,  Look at the books and come prepared to share some of the cool things you have learned. You will earn Vanguard money for interesting facts.

Read "You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian Mummy" or "You wouldn't want to be Tutankhamen" or "You wouldn't want to be Cleopatra."

Watch on Amazon Prime - Kids Animated History Ancient-Egypt-Part-1 and Ancient Egypt part 2

You will earn Vanguard money for being prepared!

If you want to earn extra Vanguard Cash you can listen/read The Story of the World Chap. 2, 4, 12, and 13.

Imaginative Arts #1: (October 1)

                     

Read at Home: Read chapters 3 and 4 in Homer Price. (Finish the book before the field trip next week. Next book is Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.)

Writing:

• Work on memorizing poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!)
• Write the poem in your notebook in your best handwriting
• Recite all 3 poems learned so far at least once each day ($$$)
• Practice the letters we went over in class

Always Finish

Author Unknown

If a task is once begun

Never leave it till it's done.

Be the labor great or small,

Do it well or not at all.

Photography:

Hey guys! We are going to have fun learning photography together. Bring your camera and let's get started!

Imaginative Arts:

Bring some of your favorite illustrated books to share with us! What do you like about the illustrator's style? 

Come prepared to share about a talent or skill that you are developing. This could be anything! You are welcome to perform (or tell about) a musical number, bring a picture from a performance of some sort, some art or anything like that. If nothing comes to mind (or it's hard to bring, share with us what talent or skill you would like to develop and why.  

Ancient Times Leadership #1

Leadership #1

Conduct: Eva
Song:  Hyrum
Prayer: Garrett
Pledge: Anna
Theme: Marilee
Quote: Tommy
Treasurer: Lauren

Show & Tell: Talmage

Read at Home: Read chapters 1 and 2 of Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

Writing:

• Work on memorizing poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!)
• Write the poem in your notebook in your best handwriting
• Practice the letters we went over in class 

The Vulture

by Hillaire Belloc

The vulture eats between his meals,

And that's the reason why

He very, very rarely feels

As well as you or I.

His eye is dull. His head is bald,

His neck is growing thinner,

Oh, what a lesson for us all,

To only eat at dinner!

Geography:
Pick one country from the list and come ready to present on it.

Middle East Countries:

Egypt      Lauren

Isreal      Hyrum

Jordan    Marilee

Lebanon

Syria     Eva

Turkey      Garrett

Iraq

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia   Talmage

Iran

Yemen

Oman

United Arab Emirates   Anna

Qatar

Bahrain

Choose any country to learn about in more detail and present to us. You can work on the same country as your siblings, or you can choose a different country. You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your country. You can present it as a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.

You could include things like:

• 
• The country's capital
• Picture of the flag
• When did they become a country
• The country motto
• The country nickname
• An interesting fact
• A famous landmark
• What is the climate
• What kind of weather do they have?
• What do they grow?
• Show us where it is on a map
• Someone famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that country, or some display items if you know someone that has been there or something the country is known for doing like making clothes or plastic or anything else you can think of.

You will earn Vanguard money for being prepared!

Eureka #1: BIRDS!

Conduct: Hyrum
Song: Garrett
Prayer: Anna
Pledge: Marilee
Theme: Tommy
Quote: Lauren
Treasurer: Talmage
Show & Tell: Eva

Read at Home: Finish Sideways Stories from Wayside School

        (Next read-at-home book is Homer Price by Robert McCloskey)

Wrtiting: 

• Work on memorizing poem (Vanguard cash if you can recite it from memory!)
• Write the poem in your notebook in your best handwriting
• Practice the letters we went over in class (c, o, a, d, g, u)

Ooey Gooey

    Author Unknown

Ooey Gooey was a worm,

A mighty worm was he.

He stepped upon the railroad tracks,

The train he did not see!

Oooooey Gooooey!

Eureka: Birds!

Learn about a bird that is common in Utah. Sign up for one on this link (or add a bird that interests you to the list). Come prepared to share a few facts about your chosen bird, such as habitat, food, size, etc. Use the library, internet search, or the following sites to get you started. 

• allaboutbirds.org
• whatbird.com
• audobon.org then click on "Birds & Guides" in the upper right hand corner

Watch this video. 

If you have binoculars that you can use at home, watch this video and practice before Thursday.

Bring to class:

• Writing binder and pens 
• Pencil and paper (for sketching--bring a few sheets of blank copy paper or use your writing notebook, if you'd like)
• Binoculars, if you have some
• Information on the bird you learned about
• A list of the names of any birds you see this week that you are already know.

****UPCOMING:

    Keep an eye out for picture books with fun, simpler illustrations. Bring a favorite or two for Imaginative Arts on October 1.****

History #1 Mesopotamia 2020

Mesopotamia- 

Conduct: Garrett
Song: Anna
Prayer: Marilee
Pledge: Tommy
Theme: Lauren
Quote: Talmage
Treasurer: Eva
Show & Tell: Hyrum

Read at Home: Sideways Stories From Wayside School read to page 100.

Writing:  Bring your binder, pen, paper.  Please copy this letter to send with your flat person. Please bring it to class. Your flat people are ready for their adventures to begin.

Dear ______,

    

Hello!  This is Flat  ______.  I wanted to send myself on an adventure so I sent myself to you.  In my Vanguard Junior class, we read a book called Flat Stanley.  It is about a boy who gets flattened by a bulletin board.  Since he is flat, he can travel through the mail and go on many adventures.  Please take Flat _______ on an adventure and take a picture and send it to me.  I would like to show my class.  Also, could you please send me home when our adventure is done.  I want to spend some time at home before my next adventure begins. 

Love,

________

History: Mesopotamia

Go to the library and get 10 books about Mesopotamia, Hammurabi, Sumeria, Assyrians, Babylon,
Bronze Age or Iron Age. Look at the books and come prepared to share some of the cool things you have learned. You will earn Vanguard money for interesting facts.

Read "You wouldn't want to be a Sumerian Slave," or You wouldn't want to be an Assyrian Soldier."

Watch on Amazon Prime - Kids Animated History episode 13 and episode 14

If you want to earn extra Vanguard Cash you can listen/read The Story of the World intro, Chap. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 16, and 17.

Leadership Week 6

Leadership Week 6 

Habit 6: Synergize

Read/Study: Read The Big Bad Badgers in your 7 Habits book. We won't get to the 7th habit, Sharpen the Saw so read through that story as well, it is called Sleepy Sophie.

When you synergize you focus on what each person does well and you aren't worried about being the best at everything. Difference are a strength not a weakness! Valuing others strengths and learning from them, getting along with people who are different from you, seeking out others ideas to find the best solution -- these are all hallmarks of being a synergistic leader!

Watch this video about the country of Mauritius to see how synergy has made a huge difference for the people there: 

They have learned how to "recognize the right of everyone to be different." Do you think you do that in your home? If not, do you think you should? What might be different in your family with that approach? 

In your common place book make a list of your family members. Next to their name list their strengths. Think about how their strengths help your family to synergize. 

Eureka Week 6

Eureka Week 6

Read/Study:

1. Read this paper about Genes and Growth.

2. Do this part of our lab at home.  We will finish in class, so it's important that you get this part done.  I sent this home with you last week!

3.  Do 3-5 pages in your Math Analogies Book

4. Bring your favorite math.numbers, pattern game to play.

5.  Today is the day you can spend money at the store!

History/Geography Week 6

History/Geography Week 6

Read/Study:

Read chapters 41 and 42 from Story of the World volume 4.

Learn which country this flag belongs to:

Be prepared to answer review questions and earn Vanguard cash!

Geography:

We have gone over all the regions of the United States! For our final history class present on any state you'd like -- pick a new state that we haven't learned about yet! You will give your presentation over Zoom on Thursday :) 

Know/Understand:
Choose any state to learn about in more detail and present to us. You can work on the same state as your siblings, or you can choose different states. You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your state. You can present it like a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.
You could include things like:
The state capital
Picture of the flag
Statehood (when they became a state, and what number are they?)
The state motto
The state nickname
An interesting fact
A famous landmark
What is the climate
What kind of weather do they have?
What do they grow?
Show us where it is on a map
Someone famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that state, or some display items if you know someone that has been there or something the state is known for doing like making clothes or plastic or anything else you can think of.

You will earn Vanguard money for being prepared!

Imaginative Arts/ Language Arts Week 5

IA/LA Week 5

Read/Study: 

1. Finish Reading A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park

2.Write in your best handwriting in your commonplace book, one or all of these quotes from the book. Decide with your mom. Pay attention to punctuation!

"Going was easy.
Going, the big plastic container held only air. Tall for her eleven years, Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other, swing the container by her side, or cradle it in both arms. She could even drag it behind her, bumping it against the ground and raising a tiny cloud of dust with each step.
There was little weight, going. There was only heat, the sun already baking the air, even though it was long before noon. It would take her half the morning if she didn't stop on the way.
Heat. Time. And thorns."


   Uncle was true to his word. That very day he shot a young antelope, the kind called a topi. Salva could hardly wait for it to be skinned and butchered and roasted. As the smoky, meaty aroma filled the air, he had to keep swallowing the saliva that flooded his mouth.
   Uncle laughed as he watched Salva gobble down his first piece of the meat. "Salva, you have teeth! You are supposed to use them when you eat!"
   Salva could not reply; he was too busy stuffing another chunk of the delicious charred meat into his mouth.


   Stunned, Salva realized that being forced under the water had probably saved his life. But there was no time to marvel over this. More crocodiles were launching themselves off the banks. The rain, the mad current, the bullets, the crocodiles, the welter of arms and legs, the screams, the blood... He had to get across somehow.
   Salva did not know how long he was in the water.
   It felt like hours.
   It felt like years.

  A stream of water flowed from the mouth of the pump.
  Nya held her bottle underneath the pump mouth.  The bottle filled up quickly.
  She stepped aside to the let the next person fill a bottle. Then she drank.
  The water was delicious. It wasn't warm or muddy, like the water from the pond. It was cool and clear.
  Nya stopped drinking and held up the bottle so she could look at it. Fun that something without any color at all could look so nice.


Literary Element of the Month: Point of View! There are three types of point of view:

First person -- an "I" story:
I went to the store. I bought bubble gum.

Second person point of view is a "you" story:
You are walking down a long, dark hall. At the end is a red door. Trembling, you turn the handle.

Third person POV is a "he or she" story:
Salva jumped into the river, dodging crocodiles and bullets. His heart pounding, he struck out for the opposite shore.

When you write a story what point of view do you like to use? What kind of point of view do you most often read in books?


3. Nya's entire village and way of life was changed for the better when Salva came and helped the water pump be installed. How can you make the world a better place this week? See how big you can dream! What can you do this week to make a difference? Every small act of kindness counts and makes a difference but let's see if you can do something you might not have done before. Be prepared to share your experiences on our Zoom meeting this Thursday! 

Leadership Week 5

Leadership Week 5

Read/study:  Habit #5- Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood - Listen before you talk

Read the 5th Story in "The 7 Habits of Happy Kids."  It's called, "Jumper and the Lost Butterfly Net."

Be prepared to discuss this story in class and write down what you learned.

Then think about how you can apply this to your life.  Pick 1 or more baby steps to do at home.

Baby Steps: 1.  Try to go one whole hour without talking even once.  Instead, just watch the people around you and listen to what they are saying.  Good luck!

2. Think of someone in your life who you think is a good listener.  Your Grandma?  Your dad?  Your best friend?  What do they do that makes them a good listener?

3. The next time one of your friends is sad, notice her eyes or the way he holds his body.  Tell them you know they are sad and you want to help.

Now, for the next 3 days keep track of your listening skills.

You can make a chart, or just keep track of it in your common place book.

Are you Pretend listening? This is when you're not paying attention when someone is talking.  You may be saying "yeah", or "okay," but you are not really listening.

Are you Self-Centered listening?  This is when you are only thinking about your response.  You are not really listening to what the other person is saying.

Are you listening first, and then seeking to be understood?  This is when you actually listen to someone and acknowledge what they say and then you respond.

Know/Understand:  Keep working on your speech about someone that you admire.  Take the comments from your friends and apply them to your speech to make it better.  Memorize as much as you can and be prepared to share it with us.  This is the last time you will give this speech!

Eureka Week 5

Don't forget, you should be reading A Long Walk To Water, so get that started if you haven't yet!
You have two weeks(ish) to finish this book :)














This week we will be learning all about the NERVOUS SYSTEM. To get familiar with the basics of this body system I want you to read this basic outline here: https://www.ducksters.com/science/nervous_system.php




**Be prepared to share one new thing you learned from your reading in class**


Watch these Operation Ouch videos to learn more about the nervous system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXSDic2ce0  -- The Nervous System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dcj6nYcbLI --- The Brain


Also: Do 2 or 3 pages in your Math Analogies book for Vanguard Cash. Bring your book to show us where you are at :)

Do you have a patterns, numbers or strategy game you like to play? Bring it to Vanguard and we can play it together :)

History/Geography Week 5

History/Geography Week 5

Read/Study:

World History

Read or listen to chapters 38, 39 and 40 in Story of the World.

Be prepared to answer some questions from the review pages.  Remember you earn vanguard cash for all the answers you know.

Identify these flags (and symbol):

  
 

United States Geography: The West Region

Find out what the Capital is for each of these States:

Alaska .      Alex
California
Colorado
Hawaii .     Lauren
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming

Know/Understand:

Choose one of these States to learn about in more detail and present to us.  You can work on the same state as your siblings, or you can choose different states.  

You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your state.  You can present it like a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.

You could include things like,

The State Capital,

A picture of the flag,

Statehood (When they became a state, and what number are they?)

The State Motto,

The State Nickname,

An interesting Fact,

A famous landmark,

What is the climate?,

What kind of weather do they have,

What do they grow?,

Show us where it is on a map,

Someone Famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that state, or some display items if you know someone that has been there, or something that the state is known for doing like making clothes, or plastic, or anything else you can think of.

You will earn vanguard money for being prepared!

Listen to these songs about the united states and start learning them if you want!

States and Capitals

Fifty Nifty United States

Imaginative Arts Week 4

Imaginative Arts Week 4

1. Read "The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler."  Hopefully you've actually finished it by now.  :)
           

2. Write in your best handwriting 1 or more of these passages from the book. Remember to copy it just like it is with indentations, and punctuation.

    The guide told Jamie that some people saved all their lives so that they could become mummies; it was indeed expensive.
   
    One of the students called out, "You might even say it costs him his life."   (Chapter 4, page 55)

   Jamie shook his head. "If you want to go different, you can take a subway to 125th Street and then take the train."
   "I didn't say differently, I said different.  I want to go back different.  I, Claudia Kincaid, want to be different when I go back. Like being a heroine is being different."
   "Claudia, I'll tell you one thing you can do different..."
   "Differently," Claudia interrupted.
   "Oh, baloney, Claude.  That's exactly it. You can stop ending every single discussion with an argument about grammar."
   "I'll try," Claudia said quietly.  (Chapter 8, page 119)

   "Come now, children. Put away the file. You must tell me all about your adventure. All, all, all about it. What you thought and what you said, and how you managed to carry off the whole crazy caper."  (Chapter 9, page 154)


Literary Elements: The most common Figures of Speech are,

Simile--------Compares 2 similar items and uses "like" and "as"
(The beehive is like a little mud house.)
Metaphor---------Directly compares 2 items. Does not use "like" or "as".  (The beehive is a little mud house.)
Personification------Gives human characteristics to an object, an idea or an animal. (The teapot screamed when the water was hot)
Alliteration-------these are words streamed together with the same beginning sound, like a tongue twister. (Tina's tacos tease the tongue.)
Onomatopoeia-------this is when words are spelled to represent how sounds are shaped in our mouths. (Bow-wow, Clink, Clunk, Shhh)
Idioms--------are "turns of phrase" that are so common in our language, we aren't really sure what they mean. (At the drop of a hat. Through thick and thin.)
Hyperbole------is an over-statement.  (I'm never going to do that again.)

We've learned about some of them, do you remember?  Pick two of your favorite figures of speech and write your own examples.  If you want to do one for each figure of speech, you can earn extra cash! 


I really hope that none of you would ever scare your parents and run away to a museum (or anywhere).  If you were going to be on your own for a few days though, what would you want to take with you? Make a list of all the things you would need. Also, bring your favorite snack to share with everyone!  Wear your PJ's and come with a comfy pillow for a movie!