Friday, February 16, 2007

misinterpretations

i had to teach my kids metaphors this week as part of the language arts lessons. some of them had funny interpretations. here are a few:

sentence: that car from the 1940s is a dinosaur!
interpretation 1: the car is mean and ugly.
interpretation 2: the car is really big.

sentence: the hat was a pancake after she sat on it.
interpretation: the hat was hot and flat.

sentence: john's brain is a computer!
interpretation: john is a robot.

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