Weekly Concept: Animals All Around
Essential Question: How are writers inspired by animals?
Genre: Poetry ~ Haiku & Lyric
Skill Focus: Point of View
Comprehension Strategy: Literary Elementary
Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language ~
Similes & Metaphors
Grammar: Combining Sentences
6 Traits Writing Focus: Word Choice ~ Precise Language
Spelling/Phonics: Suffixes
creative: showing an ability to do something in a new way
brittle: easily broken
descriptive: things that describe or tell about something
outstretched: extended to full length
metaphor: compares two unlike things; “The stars are diamonds”
simile: compares 2 things using like or as; “My hands are as cold as ice”
rhyme: when 2 words sound the same
meter: pattern of syllables in a line of poetry