First period finished up the mini-unit on sound devices and moved on to figurative language:

• simile,
• metaphor, and
• personification.

We began by looking at one poem (“Concrete Mixers”) in pairs for examples of all three forms of figurative language.

First period at work

We’ll be having a quiz tomorrow on the vocabulary terms in “Concrete Mixers”.

Second period worked on Homeric similes before starting with the second part of the Odyssey. Students discussed examples from the text; afterward, students worked in pairs to create their own examples.

Discussing Homeric Similes

Fourth and sixth periods had short tests on sound devices. After the test, we began working on figurative language.

Homework

• First period: vocabulary quiz tomorrow on “Concrete Mixer” terms.
• Second period: complete Homeric similes.
• Fourth period: vocabulary quiz tomorrow on “Concrete Mixer” terms.
• Sixth periods: none.