2007年12月14日 星期五

Acrostic poems by kids: Colours

我在暑假期間曾教學生寫作 "acrostic poems" (離合詩 ─ 各行首字母或尾字母或其他特定處的字母能組合成詞或句的一種詩體), 一直沒有把他們的作品好好整理。現趁著有此網站,刊登部分作品吧! 各位老師及家長,你也可著兒童寫作此種文體,發揮他們的想像力,或許你會發現他們的無限創意!

Acrostic poems: Colours

1. RED
Red is for fire.
Eggs are cooked with fire.
Don't play with fire.
By Brendan

2. RED
Red is my favourite colour.
Eating apples is good for us.
During lunch I eat apples.
By Goffy

3. BLUE
Blue is for the sky.
Let's fly kites high in the sky.
Usually I swim in the sea.
Eat a yummy blueberry ice-cream!
By Martin

4. BLUE
Blue is my favourite colour.
Lakes can be blue.
Umbrellas can be blue too.
Eat your blueberries!
By Angel

5. BLUE
Blue is for the sea.
Light blue is for clouds.
Uniform can be blue.
Easter eggs are just like blue round balls.
By Celia

6. PINK
Pink is my favourite colour.
I like pink because it is beautiful.
Nice to have a pink dress.
Keep it in a pink wardrobe.
By Emily

7. Black
Black is my favourite colour.
Long hair is black.
And chocolate can be black too.
Chocolate is yummy.
Keep your chocolate in the fridge!
By Suyi

2007年12月8日 星期六

100 and 1000

請細看以下文字,並找出錯處:
Five thoudand and two hundard dollars only ($5,200)

你可能會覺得 100 和 1000 都不應拼寫錯誤,但這確是真有其事!

前數天我到旅行社提取收據,怎料收據上的"千"和"百"正是如此給拼寫錯了!

其實, "千"和"百"都不難拼寫,尤其是香港人,更有一定的優勢! 為什麼我如此說呢?


試想想,
香港的一百元紙幣是什麼顏色的? 對了! 就是"red"了!
恰巧 "hundred" 便含有 "red"字。

香港的一千元紙幣是什麼顏色的? 對了! 是金黃色的!
這顏色又跟沙 (sand) 的顏色類似。
巧合地, "thousand" 也含有 "sand"字。

只要記著這種關連, 要拼寫 100 及 1000 絕非難事!