Showing posts with label Grace Lin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grace Lin. Show all posts

Monday, September 3, 2007

A Whole Lot of Similes!

Author Grace Lin make great use of the similes through out the book, "The Year of Dog." Do you know what a simile is? A simile (which is pronounced sim-uh-lee) is a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as". The author puts a simile on almost every page.

Here are some examples:
p. 9 "Like the smell of roast pork, the news of Grandpa's good work spread..."
p. 80 "They sat there like a line of birds on a telephone wire, gossiping and sharing tea."
p. 104 "I felt like a thistle in a rose garden."
p. 120 "Like a creamy chocolate in my mouth, a warm feeling melted through me."
p. 130 "Like a rabbit hearing a gun fired, I jumped away."

Can you find anymore similes in the book? Can you write some of your own? Post a comment and tell what you found or share a simile of your own. Here's an idea to start with: complete this sentence "Coming to the end of summer is like ______"

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Welcome to the Ashburn Kids Book Club Blog!

Hi everyone! I'm excited to start another school year with the book club. Our first meeting will be Thursday, September 6, 7-8:15 pm. We will be discussing the book, "The Year of the Dog," by Grace Lin. It is a fun and very readable book.

This blog is meant to be a fun way for all of you to participate in the book club. It's easy to make a comment-- just click where it says "comments" and then type your comment in the box and click "publish your comment." You can preview it first if you like. Also, let's just use first names and no last names.

Every week or so, I'll post something on the blog for you to answer or think about. Moms and dads are welcome to participate in the blog and make comments, too.

Oh! One more thing! Blogs are a bit tricky to read at first. The most recent post is always at the top of the page, so if you want to read post #1, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Well, that's it! I'm new at this blogging thing and maybe you are, too. But it seems like a fun way to get everyone involved in the book club. Let me know what you think!

Mrs. Jackson, Ashburn Youth Services Librarian