Similes and Metaphors
My mind is a puddle in the street reflecting green.
Methaphor
You left your hot dog on the picnic table and went to play for a little bit. When you came back the table was cleared and your mom was getting everything packed up in the car. She hollered to you that it was time to go. What do you think happened to your hot dog?
Thrown out/eaten
You can use this strategy to empahaise a word
circle/underline
Mr. Bantley is a teacher at PET.
Fact
Mr. Bantley is a fan of this sports team....
The Philadelphia Eagles
The fountain tossed it water, up and up, like silver marbles
simile
You and your friend were babysitting a bunch of babies while their moms were in a class. The babies were all happy, crawling around, and playing with toys. Your friend all the sudden looked at you and pinched her nose. Then you smelled something stinky too. Where do you think the smell came from?
The babies soiled their diapers
You can do this to take note of an important sentence
underline/highlight
Hot sauce is the best condiment.
Opinion
Mr. Bantley can also teach this subject....
Social Studies
The stars sit on the velvet sky.
Methaphor
You worked for your dad all day shredding papers in his office. When you got home and went to wash your hands for dinner, you noticed two small cuts on your fingers that weren’t there before. How do you think you got those cuts?
You got a paper cut
Annotations are important fopr reading compression...
True/False
Joe Biden is the POTUS.
Fact
Mr. Bantley's family is from this country....
Scotland/Great Britain/United Kingdom
My hopes are scattered like hot shriveled seeds!
Simile
A boy was riding his bike home from school and he rode past a car accident. It looked pretty bad because one the cars had the windows broken out all over the ground.
The next day he went to ride his bike and the tires were both flat. Why do you think they were flat?
Broken glass popped the tires
Is annotation more of a reading strategy or a writing stretchy?
Reading
Saquon Barkley is the best running back in NFL history.
Opinion
This is Mr. Bantley's hometown....
Upper Dublin, PA
Swords of rain stabbed the earth
metaphor
He shot the bird
"Make your paper dirty!"
Philly is a poorly run city.
Opinion
Mr. Bantley is a member of this gentlemen's club
The Freemasons