Student: Kira Overall data and student work samples The following graph represents the pre and

d post figurative language assessment results given to students in this study. Each of the five participants being closely studied as well as the overall class average has been included.

Figure 1 Survey ONE

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Survey TWO

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Student work samples Taken from participants riter!s "otebook# Figures $ % & Taken from classroom wiki# Figures ' % (

Week THREE/FOUR: Writer s Note!ook )ritically thinking and responding to literature. *ere are two e+amples of this participants work before blogging on wiki ,taken from riter!s "otebook-.

Figures $ % & Week s ONE and TWO. )onstruction of Figurative /anguage online wiki poster

Wordle "ro#e$t e%ample: embedded on student classroom wiki

Figure ( Week FOUR. 0ase group blogging responses to a famous poet. TASK: base groups were presented with one famous poem a day and were asked to critically read1 analy2e and respond to the blogging 3uestion. *ere are a few e+amples of this participants work before blogging ,taken from riter!s "otebook-. &lo''in' e%amples !y parti$ipant on $lassroom wiki Figure 4

(!ase team response )rom Ro!ert Frost poem* The Road Not Taken+

Poem #1 The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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1. In the poem The Road Not Taken Robert Frost used a !a"k in the !oods as a#$ %metaphor or simi"e& 'upport your ans!er !ith detai"s (rom the poem.2. )itera""y, the poem is about *hoosin+ bet!een t!o roads in a ye""o! !ood. ,-).IN/ o(ten symbo"i0es ##$ Think about it112 ,hat is Robert Frost tryin+ to *on3ey to you re+ardin+ !a"kin+ throu+h the !oods in this parti*u"ar poem.

(student response to musi$ video ,Roar- !y Kate "erry re'ardin' )i'urative lan'ua'e+

,student response to literature reading: Gracies Canoe Trip question five: What is the personification in line 1? Change the sentence so that the sun is still personified but with a new human quality !