Reading 2.2.1

Reading: President of the Whole Fifth Grade
Lesson 2.2.1

Learners can:

• determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including the interpretation of figurative language

Vocabulary: declaration, foolishness, sashay, hasty

Curriculum Kit Materials: President of the Whole Fifth Grade

​Words to Know

President of the Whole Fifth Grade is a realistic fiction chapter book.

That means it is a made-up story about realistic events that could happen in real life.

In this chapter book, there are not any pictures other than the front cover.

What do you think the story will be about?

Today, we will read chapters 1-3.

​President of the Whole Fifth Grade

Match

Match each person to the information about them.

• Brianna

• Miss Delicious

• Jasmine Moon

• Todd Hampton

wants to have her own baking show on tv

Brianna's hero, has her own show on tv

nominates herself for class president

boy who is running against Brianna

• wants to have her own baking show on tv

• Brianna's hero, has her own show on tv

• nominates herself for class president

• boy who is running against Brianna

Figurative language is words, phrases, or expressions that mean something different than the literal meaning.

Authors use figurative language to make comparisons or for dramatic effect.

For example, if the author writes, “The girl sang her song loudly,“ this is literal language.

• The girl sang loudly.

If the author writes, “The girl sang like a bird,” this is figurative language.

• The girl did not literally sing like a bird.

​Figurative Language

​a comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is the other

​​Metaphor

​a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

​​Simile

​an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

​​Hyperbole

​Types of Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is being used in the underlined text?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is being used in the underlined text?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is being used in the underlined text?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What does this simile mean?

• Eggs are the best part of the cake, so Brianna is the best part of the friend group.

  
  

• The egg is needed to hold everything together, so Brianna is the person who holds the friend group together.

• Brianna's friends are dressed up as cake ingredients, and Brianna is dressed up as an egg.

• Everyone likes eggs, and everyone likes Brianna.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of figurative language?

• The girl made a declaration to the people in the room.

• The girl made her declaration loudly so everyone could hear.

• The girl made her declaration as loud as a trumpet so everyone could hear.

• The girl wrote her declaration down so everyone could read it.