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The King Will Make a Way 2nd Edition Language Arts Lesson

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Metaphor *worksheet, Genre *worksheet Chapter 2: Sentence Structure *worksheet Chapter 4: Descriptive Writing *2 notebooking pages Chapter 5: Types of Sentences *worksheet Chapter 6: Descriptive Writing--Parallel Sentences *notebooking page Chapter 7: Simile *worksheet Chapter 10: Irony and Oxymoron *worksheet Chapter 12: Dialog *notebooking page, worksheet; Uncommon Punctuation *notebooking, worksheet Chapter 14: Extended Metaphor *notebooking page Chapter 15: Lie vs. Lay *worksheet; Anthropomorphism *notebooking page Chapter 20: Personification *worksheet Chapter 26: Alliteration *worksheet Chapter 27: Onomatopoeia (writing) *worksheet, notebooking page Contact the author, Answers

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Chapter 1

Language Arts ? Metaphor

A metaphor is where one thing is said to be another.

Examples from the book:

She was always at work, an ant in an apron. (ch. 1) The sun was a brilliant gold medallion adorning the sky. (ch. 5) Outside the storm was a rampaging drunk, toppling everything within its reach....(ch. 5) A line formed, an ever shifting centipede, a hundred legs taking little steps forward...(ch.27) Her eyes opened and stared up at the wooden ladder. She wondered what she could see if

she climbed limb by limb up the rungs to its top. (ch. 14)

Stop and Think:

In each sentence what two things are being compared? What does each of these sentences mean? How do the metaphors add to the story? _____________________________________________________________________ _____

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You Try It!

Make some of your own metaphors. Finish these sentences and write one of your own.

Example: Summer is a new toy fresh out of the box.

Why is summer like a new toy fresh out of the box? It's something new and exciting. It's a time we break from routine and do something different. Don't just use a word or two, be creative!

Winter is ________________________________________________________________

Ice cream is _____________________________________________________________

My family is_____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

! Remember a metaphor is saying one thing is something else. DO NOT use like or as. (As sly as a fox or happy like a song bird ? are examples of similes not metaphors.) (The topic of metaphor is revisited in chapter 14.)

Chapter 1

Language Arts ? Book Genre

Book genre simply means what type of book. Biography is a genre of nonfiction book that tells the story of a person's life. Other types of nonfiction book genres include reference, how-to, historic, scientific, sports, as well as many others. Make a list of fiction genres you can think of: humor, western, _____________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Although not in its purest form, The King Will Make a Way is a type of allegory ? one big metaphor. A metaphor is where one thing is said to be another. Some famous allegories are Pilgrim's Progress and Animal Farm. In The King Will Make a Way there is a King. He represents Jesus. The whole story you read in the book actually represents something else. As you read be mindful of the clues to show you what different things represent and what the story as a whole is about. What clues in the first chapter let you know that the King is more than just a man? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Can you guess what the village represents in the metaphor? ________________________

What about the family? ____________________________________________________

Vulpine? ________________________________________________________________

Chapter 3

Language Arts ? Sentence Structure

We are going to look at three types of sentences: simple, compound and complex.

A simple sentence is simple just one subject and predicate combination. This is an example of a simple sentence. Wasn't that simple? By the way...I can run AND jump...and still be a simple sentence. The kids and I can even go by the grocery store on the way home and get something for dinner--and still be simple. There's just one subject and predicate combination. By the way, the predicate is the whole action performed by the subject and everything describing that action.

A compound sentence takes two simple sentences and compounds them, squashes them together using something like--"and", "or", "but"--in the middle to connect them. This is an example of a compound sentence, and I have made it with two simple sentences joined together into one. The first and second parts of the example sentence each form their own complete thought. You can say, "And I have made it with two simple sentences joined together into one."

A complex sentence takes a simple sentence and adds another subject and predicate in a way that they don't form another sentence on their own. This is an example of a complex sentence because I have added a second subject and verb in a way that can't stand on its own. Read the example sentence starting with "because." You will see there is a subject and verb, but it can't stand alone as its own sentence. It's not complete on its own; it leaves you hanging.

Here's a site for more practice. It gets rather complex doesn't it? But nothing you can't handle.

Identify these sentence types (from ch. 3). The answers are simple, compound or complex.

He crouched and examined mushrooms, pine cones, rocks and beetles. ____________________

Gabe kept up the maneuvers until the guard was safely settled back in his guard box, comfortably

seated on his stool. ____________________

The toad hopped off just beyond him, and the natural impulse of a ten-year-old boy to try

and catch it overpowered him. ____________________

He looked up and his heart melted. ____________________

Unthinking, he flung himself at the King's feet. ____________________

Even though the hill was just a few stone throws away from the inn, he felt like a pioneer--

adventurous and alone. ____________________

Chapter 4

*Language Arts ? Descriptive Writing

*2 Notebooking pages

Descriptions

Most authors can't show their reader what they are talking about with pictures; they have to describe it. I want you to picture the place I am writing about in this next sentence.

She went home.

Stop and picture home. What did you picture?

Did you picture walking into a tall, concrete, unpainted building and then down a dark, dirty stairwell, carefully stepping over stinky waste left by stray cats and then opening the second door from the left into an equally dark hallway where shoes are left before entering into a small room divided in half by a couch and a curtain, hiding the contents beyond it.

Not what you pictured? That's why descriptions are important. You need to help your readers see what you are seeing. The same thing goes for people. Picture who "She" is in the sentence.

Did you picture a girl with skin the color of dried mud and long, straight black hair that tickled her waist?

Probably not.

You Try It!

Part 1: Pick a place everyone in your family knows and describe it in writing. Use all five senses (what you see, hear, feel, smell, taste) to describe the location. Don't use names or in any way tell them the answer in your description. See if your family can figure out what you described.

Part 2: Now write a description of a person everyone in your family knows. Again, be careful to not give the answer, describe the answer. Think of as many different things to describe as you can. For example: What do they sound like when they talk, laugh?

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