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Idioms
Use this podcast lesson plan to familiarize scholars with the characteristics, history, and cultural implications of idioms. As part of the Walking Classroom curriculum, kids listen to a 12-minute podcast as they walk around campus. If...
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Context Clues and Idioms
Kids practice using five types of context clues (definition, synonym, antonym, example, and general) to decode idiomatic language.
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Theater: Create a Script
Figurative language is the focus in the book Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia. After reading Peggy Parish's book, class members dramatize idioms from the text, using dramatic strategies such as characterization, exaggeration, and improvisation....
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Cartoons for The Classroom: Lame Duck Congress
Clear up "lame duck" congressional confusion with this political cartoon analysis worksheet. Background information on the concept's history and current use is provided, and 2 cartoons give a past and present context. Three talking...
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The Outsiders
Tenth graders complete a variety of activities related to the first two chapters of the book The Outsiders. They define metaphor, simile, idiom, and hyperbole, and take a vocabulary pre-quiz. In small groups, they write a character...
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Animal Idioms
In this grammar worksheet, students read the 10 sentences with idioms and select the correct meaning of the idiom. This is an interactive, multiple choice worksheet.
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Idioms - G
For this recognizing idiom usage worksheet, students read idioms with explanations of their meanings and then use them to give advice or answers as responses to the people's comments. Students write 7 answers.
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Idioms H
In this idioms usage worksheet, students read idioms and their meanings, use them to write advice or answers to the people's exclamatory sentences, and fill in the blanks to complete sentences with correct idioms. Students write 6 answers.
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Idioms
For this recognizing idioms worksheet, students use idioms that begin with the letter J with their meanings, to write advice or answers in response to people's comments and fill in the blanks in a short passage. Students write 6 answers.
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Idioms Quiz
In this idioms worksheet, students complete the ten questions about idioms. This is an interactive, multiple choice worksheet.
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Idioms Quiz: Body 3
In this online/interactive recognizing idioms instructional activity, students read idioms about the body in isolation and in context to find their meanings. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers, click the "Answer" button and the...
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Idioms Quiz: Body 4
In this online/interactive recognizing idioms activity, learners read idioms in isolation and phrases and choose the best explanations of them. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers and click on the buttons "Click for answer" and...
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Decision Idioms Exercise
In this grammar worksheet, students explore idioms and their uses. Students complete four matching and eight multiple choice questions involving the meanings of idioms.
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Common Idioms-- Body Parts 2
In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 names of body parts in a word bank. Students fill in the missing words in common idioms. Example: Riding the roller coaster was quite a ------- raising experience! (hair)
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The Daily Idiom
What is an idiom? Learners identify and read common idioms. They discuss what idioms are, and are given a black line master embedded in the plan that has 100 common idioms. Next, they complete "The Daily Idiom" worksheet, which is...
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Understanding Idioms Is a Piece of Cake
Interpreting idioms is a piece of cake! In groups, learners discuss the meaning of some common English idioms and choose 10 to use in sentences. Then, they illustrate the silly, literal meanings of those idioms and can engage in a fun...
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Comparisons: Well-Known Sayings
How familiar is your class with basic idioms? Eight idioms and their explanations are listed here, and learners must match each explanation with the correct idiom. Looking for a way to extend this activity? Have your learners choose one...
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Idioms...not the be taken literally!
Students define common English idioms which they find in books and book excerpts. They use an idiom dictionary and constuct a database of five idioms along with meanings and sentences. They beam this information to classmates.
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Idiom Games
Students identify idioms as groups of words with special meanings that paint a mental picture for the reader.They compete in a game in which they draw and interpret pictures of idioms.
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Idioms
For this idioms worksheet, students use context clues provided to determine the meaning of idioms shown in bold-faced type in a set of 12 sentences. An answer key is included.
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Common Idioms 5
For this writing idioms worksheet, students define what an idiom is and then match ten common idioms with their keywords for mastery.
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Idioms b
In this idioms worksheet, students answer questions and give advice on idioms that start with the letter b. Students complete 6 problems with these idioms.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs Checklist
In this idioms and phrasal verbs checklist worksheet, student translate 34 idioms. Students also keep track of the number of times they see each of the idioms listed in conversation.
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Interesting Idioms
Pupils are introduced to the topic of idioms in figurative speech. Using the definition of idioms, they use literature to view examples. They identify idioms in different forms of writing and practice using them in speech. ESL classrooms...
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