Bellwork for January 14, 2013

Take handouts from the back counter Write in your agenda. On your note card, explain the meanings of the

following idioms:1. A chip on your shoulder2. A taste of your own medicine3. Bend over backwards4. Crack someone up5. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.6. Get up on the wrong side of the bed.7. Go out on a limb8. Hit the books9. Hold your horses10. Pulling your leg

WHAT IS A PUN?

PUNS

WHAT IS A PUN? A word play suggesting, with humorous

intent, the different meanings of one word or the use of two or more words similar in sound but different in meaning. (From Poetry Glossary)

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

FROM GRAMMAR DICTIONARY: PUN

A humorous substitution of words that are alike in sound but different in meaning, as in this passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll:

“And how many hours a day did you do lessons?” said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.

“Ten hours the first day,” said the Mock Turtle, “nine the next, and so on.”

“What a curious plan!” exclaimed Alice. “That's the reason they're called lessons,” the

Gryphon remarked: “because they lessen from day to day.”

PUNS WRITTEN BY KIDS!

Why did the kid bring scissors to school?

•So he could cut class.

Written by Anglela, age 11 - Tom Swifities Link

PUN FUN! How do mountains hear?

Written Dave, age 10- Tom Swifities Link

•With mountaineers.

PUN FUN! What was the reporter doing at the ice cream shop?

•Getting the scoop!

Tom Swifities Link

PUN FUN! How do you fix a broken tomato?

Tom Swifities Link

•With tomato paste.Tomato

Paste

PUN FUN! Why did the spider go to the computer?

Written by Rachel - Tom Swifities Link

•To check his web site.

PUN FUN! Why is a crossword puzzle like a quarrel?

• Because one word leads to another.

(Joseph Rosenbloom

PUN FUN! What did the big toe say to the little toe?"

•There's a big heel following us.

(Kid's Jokes)

Practice:Fill in the blank to complete each pun.

1. I recently spent money on detergent to unclog my kitchen sink. It was __________.

2. Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the _________ to her.

3. A jury is never satisfied with the verdict. The jury always ___________.

4. Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a ___________.

5. A dog not only has a fur coat but also _______.

Answers: 1. I recently spent money on detergent

to unclog my kitchen sink. It was money down the drain.

2. Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the world to her.

3. A jury is never satisfied with the verdict. The jury always returns it.

4. Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare.

5. A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants.

Practice:Fill in the blank to complete each pun.

6. I tried to catch the fog, but I _____.7. The girl said she recognized me from

the vegetarian club, but I’d never met _________.

8. We had a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there isn’t a __________.

9. Broken pencils are _____________.10. I didn’t like my beard at first, but then

it__________.

Answers6. I tried to catch the fog, but I mist.7. The girl said she recognized me from

the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.

8. We had a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there isn’t a pop quiz.

9. Broken pencils are pointless.10. I didn’t like my beard at first, but then

it grew on me.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. For example, onomatopoeia is the hum of the bees, the pop of a balloon, or the tweet of a bird.

Examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TJJJ7Flu28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8&list=PLYr6w3n9sj3RVOutkVmAN2OiEr3M3gTvo

Let’s Practice

Get your handout.

EXIT TICKET Try to write a pun. Think of words and phrases that you

know that have more than one meaning OR find a word/words that sound similar to others.

Examples: (You may not use these.)

newly weds (newly webs) Tylenol (tile and all) appeal ( a peel)

Lettuce ( let us)