Exceptional Expressions Posted 04/17/2010 Permanent Link
#31 Find
EVERYDAY EVENTS:
Find is a commonly used word in a classroom. Teachers often ask students to find the solution to a math problem by working out the problem in their head. Students can also do an experiment to find out what happens when plants are not watered.
EXCEPTIONAL EXPRESSION:
The word find is commonly used as both a verb and a noun. To find something is to look for something that is unknown or lost. It can be a physical object, such as a book, or it can be an idea, such as a solution to why Sarah is unhappy.
A find is something that has been found. Again it can also be a physical object that was found, such as a map to an island. Or it can be an idea that was found, such as the cure to cancer. However, when something is referred to as a find, the assumption is that the object or idea is in some way exceptional.
FOLLOW-UPS:
- Are there different ways of finding the correct answer to a math problem?
- What part of the book would you use to find the definition of a word?
- How is a map useful to help you find a park in a nearby city?
- What are some interesting things the students have found in the life lab?
THE SPANISH CONNECTIONS:
Find comes from the Old English word findan, which means “come upon, alight on”. The Spanish word for to find is encontrar. Even though find and encontrar are not cognates, some synonyms for find do have Spanish cognates.
WORD CHANGES:
1) IDIOMS:
- Find you red handed
- Weasel/ferret out
- Find yourself
- Find your/my way
2) COMMON PHRASES:
- Find out
- Finders keepers
- Come across
- Hit upon
- Stumble on
- Rummage around
- Looking for
- Find it in your heart
- Find a way
3) PROVERBS
- Seek and you shall find
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