My Teacher is an Alien Due: Nov.25

1. How Strong Is an Alien's Nose?

 Vocabulary: Remember to write the sentence were the word was found. The meaning and part of speech.

pneumonia (pg. 28)

exaggeration (pg. 28)

courtesy (pg. 29)

dramatic (pg. 29)

prospect (pg. 29)

Figurative Language: What is the meaning of these expressions

"I felt like someone was grinding metal next to my ear" (pg. 26) 

"plowed my way through the mess" (pg. 27)

"shoveling a load of broccoli onto my plate" (pg. 28)

"as nervous as a marshmallow at a bonfire" (pg. 30)

Questions

▪ Describe how Susan is feeling. 1 paragraph

▪ "Did you ever have something awful happen to you and not react to it until later" (pg. 27)? Describe your experience. 1 paragraph

Compare your reaction to Susan's.

2. Drafting Peter

Vocabulary
▪ astonishment (pg. 34)

Figurative Language
▪ “it would take a bomb to break his attention” (pg. 33)

Questions
How does Peter react when Susan tells him about the alien?

Why does he react that way?

What do you think Susan could have done differently?