The smell...

When writing, we are required to write with good descriptive adjectives and phrases.  We are also reminded to write using the five senses to help in writing.

Here is a collection of some to do with 'SMELL':
- strange smell wafting in the atmosphere
- mysterious whiff of an odour permeated the entire house and invaded my nostrils
- the pungent scent of perfume enveloped me
- the malodorous stench pervaded the air
- inhaled the fragrance from my mother's Christian Dior perfume
- the acrid smoke clogged up the room
- the offensive pungent gas stunk the whole flat
- smelt ten times worse than the smelliest garbage dump of the face of Earth!
- sniffed with enlarged nostrils, as if I were a German Shepherd on a mission with the police to scour for hidden drugs
- I was a goldfish, using only my mouth to take in precious gasps of air
- held my breath like an underwater diver without his oxygen tank
- pinched my nose hard and my face contorted like sour plum
- my breakfast of century-egg porridge threatened to bolt upwards in my windpipe
- felt nauseous and dazed, like the whole world was spinning before my eyes
- I gasped for valuable fresh air - an essence of life which I had often taken for granted

Commonly misspelt words

Here are some commonly misspelt words uncovered as I mark my students' writing (each correct version is in parenthesis):

- reffered, refered (referred)
- momment (moment)
- develope (develop)
- imediately, immediatly (immediately)
- anouncement, annoucement (announcement)
- permernent (permanent)
- goverment (government)
- enviroment (environment)
- embarass (embarrass)
- neccessary, neseccary (necessary)

I will add more as I go along...