Tackle+Figurative+Language+with+Toondoo

=Tackle Figurative Language with Toondoo = //ToonDoo// is a great tool to create comic strips that showcase your understanding and use of figurative language.  In this assignment, you will create **at least 3** //Toondoo// comicstrips or books that appropriately use similes, metaphors, personification or hyperbole.

** Step 1: Individual Work **
// Complete the following: //
 * Sign up for a Toondoo account at http://www.toondoo.com/Login.toon?param=reg.
 * View and reflect upon a few examples of “ToonDoos" or "ToonBooks".
 * Watch a Toondoo Tutorial: Toondoo Tutorial.
 * Check out Toondoo Help Wiki.
 * Practice using Toondoo (make a couple of strips, 1, 2 and 3 frames, share with others, etc.).

** Step 2: Partner Work **
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 * Find a partner, and then see me to get your group number.
 * Discuss the differences among metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole. Review material found in Figuring Out Figurative Language together, as necessary.
 * Create a ToonDoo or ToonBook that correctly uses metaphors, similes, personification and hyperbole (**Choose 3**).

Language **ToonDoos**
//Complete the following://
 * You or your partner will need to go to the Our Figurative Language ToonDoos Page.
 * Select the link that is your group number.
 * Select the "Edit this Page" tab at the top of the page.
 * Provide the first and last name for each partner.
 * Provide and link a working URL for each of your 3 your Toondoos or Toonbooks.
 * Below each URL, provide a brief write-up of each of your Toondoos or Toonbooks. Be sure to include the type of figurative language is being used and what is being compared, exaggerated, or personified, as appropriate. Also include the "point" or "message" of the Toondoos or Toonbooks. There is a model for what is expected on the Figurative Language ToonDoos Page.
 * Provide feedback to at least two other groups.

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Successful completion of this assignment will be based on the Assignment Rubric.

Step 4: Collaboration Assessment
This is the end of this lesson.
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