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Idioms in Everyday Language Lesson Plan
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Idioms in Everyday Language

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars describe idioms and their use in everyday language. They describe the difference between literal and idiomatic meanings. In groups, students use iPhoto to create books that explain and illustrate a variety of idioms...
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Reading Examples Lesson Plan
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Reading Examples

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young writers read excerpts from Gary Paulsen's memoir to identify figurative and literal language that contain sensory details. They determine which selections are examples of sensory language and fi the language is used literally or...
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Say What? Unit Plan
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Say What?

For Teachers 5th
Students explore the literal and figurative meanings of twenty-nine phrases and sayings. This unit of nine lessons integrates written expression and convention to demonstrate the value of idioms to the language.
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Classify and Infer When I Read [Pdf] Unit Plan
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Classify and Infer When I Read [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site contains links to two graphic organizers to guide and assess the understanding of nonfiction text in science and social studies.
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Read Works: Figurative Language Unit Plan
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Read Works: Figurative Language

For Students K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains a collection of passage that include figurative language lessons. Each lesson includes questions to assess student understanding.
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Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Inference Organizer [Pdf] Graphic
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Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Inference Organizer [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Students will use a graphic organizer to help them make inferences. Students will list the literal text evidence and make an educated guess based on the text evidence.
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