am1 13th of October 2011

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/12Oz8sMKnA3rCjA2OXZjWhCXsASYK_lraX-8Lrje68A4/edit?hl=en_US

Writing tips / similes and metaphors

1) https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/19ttX-1K8OuygFzGSAyozEg_nYVy0tWve58kTgncTkas/edit?hl=en_US

Please complete this worksheet on writing tips and advice.




2)

Topic Sentences: Analogies (Similes and Metaphors)

When you write a topic sentence, you can often use analogies to make it more interesting. An analogy is when you say one thing is something else. For example:

· My father is a bear in the morning. (Your father is not really a bear, so this is an analogy.)

· My sister is like an angel in my life. (Your sister is not really an angel, so this is an analogy.)

There are two kinds of analogies that we often use: Similes and Metaphors.

Similes use the words “like” or “as”:

• My sister is like an angel in my life.
• My bedroom is like a box of silence in a noisy world.
• My father is angry as a bear when he wakes up.

Metaphors do not use “like” or “as”:

• My father is a bear in the morning.
• This food is trash.
• My grandfather is superman.
• My teacher is the devil!

Read these analogies. Write “S” if it is a simile or “M” if it is a metaphor.

1. _____ My life is a dream.

2. _____ Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

3. _____ My mother is an angel, always watching over me.

4. _____ Love is a flower that grows and becomes more and more beautiful.

5. _____ My mother is beautiful, with hair that is soft as a cloud.

6. _____ This city is a sea of sadness.

7. _____ The ocean waves hit the beach like a thousand hammers.

8. _____ My wife is the light in my life.

9. _____ Watch out for John. He is a sneaky snake.

10. _____ When my brother fell, he howled like a wolf.

Common mistakes.

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/14SIObUFbarRS34Ie_yB0e6unFUefO1UTY3I7Z_n9JC4/edit?hl=en_US

Yuni tutor

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive.html

Tuesday October 4th 2011 am1

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/what-career-will-suit-your-personality/121527

Unit 1 unit test

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/19UqmW26JrzYwbv6ccIXmOTPbCEH9Z3RCXHMJCVbTCCs/edit?hl=en_US


Remember to make a copy and share with either Erin or myself.

Thanks and good luck

Monday 3rd of October (Review)

Auxiliary verbs

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/english-auxiliary-verbs4.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/question-tags

Aspects (Continuous, perfect and Simple.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1752

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-continuous-exercise-5.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-1.html

Passive

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-2.html