QUARTER 1
LESSON 1
From Fire to English
PROVERB, LETTER , POEM
(and their parts)
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learn about proverbs and their meanings.
Read a letter and identify figurative language and find synonyms.
Studying a poem focusing on alliteration, antithesis and proverbs.
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
PROVERB
1. Out of the frying pan into the fire.
meaning: from a bad situation to one that is worse.
2. There's no smoke without fire.
meaning: when someone says someone else did something bad, they usually have a reason for it.
3. Fighting fire with fire.
meaning: to fight against an opponent by using the same methods/weapons that the opponent uses.
4. Fire is a good servant, but a bad master.
meaning: you must be careful to use fire wisely and under control so that it will not hurt you.
5. Don't start a fire you can't put out.
meaning: don't get involved or start something if you can't handle the consequences.
LETTER
Figurative language
When you describe something by comparing it to something else.
What is being described as:
being like an umbrella pine?
broad sheets?
fearful?
flashes of lighting?
yellowish?
Synonyms
A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
charred
charred
scorched, burnt, seared, carbonized, blackened, cauterized
debris
debris
waste, rubble, wreckage, detritus, refuse
emphasised
emphasised
highlighted, stressed, accentuated, weighted
stationary
stationary
motionless, still, static, unmoving, halted
receded
receded
diminished, decreased, withdrawn, retreated, subsided
POEM
Before We Try
Antithesis
It involves the bringing out of a contrast in the ideas by an obvious contrast in the words, clauses, or sentences.
Example: "To err is human; to forgive divine."
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Example: "Betty Botter bought some butter."
"I need not your needs. They're needless to me."
Let's try!
All that is gold does not glitter, PROVERB
Not all those who wander are lost; PROVERB
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost. ALLITERATION
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, ANTITHESIS
A light from the shadows shall spring; ALLITERATION
Renewed shall be blade that was broken, ALLITERATION
The crownless again shall be king. ANTITHESIS
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
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