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race of tens #1
With your group, see how fast you can correctly complete each of the items below. In all your answers, do not mention the same food twice.
1.Name 10 vegetables.
2.Name 10 foods that end in “e.”
3.Name 10 verbs that are used to describe food preparation.
4.Use each of the 10 verbs from #3 correctly in sentences.
5.Name 10 things a person might drink (nonalcoholic).
6.Name 10 foods that are red.
7.Name 10 foods that are round.
8.Name 10 foods that are six letters long.
9.Name 10 foods that are seven letters long.
10.Write a 10-word-long sentence about spaghetti.
“Personally,
I stay away from natural foods. At my age, I need all the preservatives I can get.”
—George Burns
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race of tens #2
With your group, see how fast you can correctly complete each of the items below. You can’t mention the same food twice.
1.Name 10 foods that are sour.
2.Name 10 fruits that grow on trees.
3.Name a food that starts with every other letter of the alphabet, starting with A. (The first item begins with A, the second with C, the third with E, etc.)
4.Use each word from #3 correctly in a sentence. (That will be a total of 13 sentences.)
5.How many words can you make from the words “Catsup and Mustard.” Try for 10 X 10 (100!).
6.Alphabetize these ten foods correctly: guava, granola, grape, grapefruit, gum, grain, ginger, gravy, gumbo, garlic.
7.Name 10 spices.
8.Name 10 nouns.
9.Use each noun from #8 in a sentence that mentions food (one sentence for each noun).
10.Write a 10-word-long rhyming couplet about food. (A couplet is two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme.)
Nancy Astor: “If you were my husband, Winston, I should flavour your coffee with poison.”
Winston Churchill: “If I were your husband, madam, I should drink it.”
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Story Starters
Choose one of the following as the start of a paragraph or short story:
1.Robert planted what he thought were carrot seeds in the backyard. Much to his surprise…
2.“The soup of the day is cream of termite,” said the waitress…
3.It was a beautiful restaurant. It was a beautiful night. But then…
4.He took one bite, only one tiny bite…
5.The Estradas decided they never, ever should have thrown out Mrs. Campbell’s fruitcake…
“Animals are my friends, and
I don’t eat my friends.”
—George Bernard Shaw
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Metaphors and Similes
Similes and metaphors help make language interesting. If we say, “Henry was bald,” we can certainly imagine Henry’s head. But if we say, “Henry’s head was as smooth and bare as a peeled, raw potato,” we have a more interesting way of saying the same thing—with a simile. A simile is a comparison that uses the words “like” or “as.”
A metaphor also uses a comparison, but without using the words “like” or “as.” If Clarice says, “My life has been a roller coaster ride this month,” she is comparing her life to a roller coaster ride. We can assume that it has had a lot of ups and downs, or perhaps that it has been very exciting.
Use similes and metaphors related to food to describe three imaginary people. Each description should be only 1-3 sentences long, but it should create a vivid picture of the person.
Example:
Neil’s complexion was as pale as mashed potatoes, and his marshmallow middle puffed around his belt.
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
—Anton Chekhov
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