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Bell Ringer (10 min)
Mini Lesson
 * **Today's Objectives: Master Participial phrases, imagery, and DETAILS!**
 * Individually, find an interesting picture on Google, but DO NOT show your picture to anyone else. It is TOP SECRET!
 * Next, tear 1 piece of paper in half.
 * Then, on 1/2 of a sheet of paper, write 2-3 sentences describing your picture. Describe the size, shape, colors, or whatever else you think is important in the image.
 * When finished, close your laptop and turn your paragraph face down so no other student can see your description.
 * When I say **"GO" ** swap descriptions with a student from another table.
 * Take 10 minutes to look over the description. Using markers, crayons, and colored pencils, draw the image that comes to mind when you read the description. Pay attention to all details described and draw the most accurate picture possible.
 * Give the paragraph and sketch back to original student. Is the student sketch close to the actual picture? How could you have described the picture to make the description more clear?

Read Aloud

 * Read the passage from [|"A Certain Slant of Light"] by Laura Whitcomb.
 * Discuss participials. What is a **//past//** participial? What is a **//present//** participial? Why are participials important to literature?
 * Copy examples of sentences with participials to notecards and discuss.
 * Next, look at the picture. What are some participials that describe this picture?
 * Write 1 sentence (on notecard) describing the snake. Have //at least// 2 participial phrases in your sentence.
 * **//Share out!//**

==Activity ==
 * Now let's try our picture descriptions again! On the other 1/2 sheet of paper, describe your picture again in only 2-3 sentences. This time, use participial phrases to get a more accurate sketch.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Swap descriptions with a different student this time.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Again, take about 10 minutes to read the description and sketch a picture. Return sketch and description when you are finished.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compare the 2nd sketch you received to the actual picture. Was this one more accurate? Why or why not?

<span style="color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mini Lesson Define **Imagery**!
 * How do imagery and participial phrases relate?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Consider the participials we used to describe the snake. Do the words appeal to the senses?
 * Lets look at and **DEFINE** some forms of figurative language:
 * simile
 * metaphor
 * Look back at the passage from [|"A Certain Slant of Light"]. Discuss examples of simile and mataphor.
 * Now, you find an example of a simile or metaphor from the same passage.
 * Share out!

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Independent Reading

 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">As you read independently, find 3 example sentences where the author has used participial phrases. Write it on a sticky note and leave on your desk. Make sure your name is on the sticky note!!! (You might want to jot down something in your journal about it too!)

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