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akram@73
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Proverbs
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I am teaching a lesson on attitudes and I would deal in my pre -reading activity with proverbs which encourage positive / negative attitudes and then ask my sts to classify them.Could you give me some examples please?Thanx in advance.
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8 Apr 2010
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tastybrain
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Here are some. I thought of some myself and found some online for you from http://www.englishdaily626.com/proverbs.php
Positive:
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Better safe than sorry.
Where there �s a will there �s a way.
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Negative
Some people never learn. (not sure if this qualifies as a proverb but I �d give it a thumbs up)
Dead men tell no lies. (often used as a good reason to kill someone)
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Positive or Negative or Neutral:
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Be careful too. Some proverbs talk about negative things but encourage positive behavior. You might point this out to your students. Consider the following:
An idle mind is the devil �s workshop.
A hungry man is an angry man.
That should get you off to a good start! Good luck! Proverbs are fun!
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8 Apr 2010
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