While you think about these questions, check out the activities and web links below. Look through your newspaper for advertisements showing the prices of pet food. Choose a sample ad for dog food and a sample ad for cat food and compare the prices between the two. Now, look at an advertisement for canned pet food. Using your ad, figure out how much it would cost to feed your imaginary pet for one week.
Pets are an important part of many people's lives, a fact that is reflected often in our speech.
You can probably think of other sayings or phrases about animals. Search your newspaper and clip any words, pictures, phrases or sayings that refer to animals. Make a collage of your findings on a sheet of construction paper. Add to your collage with other words or phrases you can think of, or with your drawings of animals. Make sure the ad you choose provides a good description of the pet up for sale or adoption, including for example its color, breed, size, personality, cost, age, and so on.