Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Being in Over Your Head
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to be in over one's head" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words and encourages students to use...
Curated Video
Idiotic Idioms
New ReviewThe use of idioms in news has a way of confusing some members of an international audience. Which is never a good thing.
Curated OER
Next To A Mailbox
Grover chases a mailbox in his attempt to demonstrate what the concept “next to” means. As part of a lesson on prepositional phrases, this video could be a great means of showing what this particular expression means. Children could even...
Crash Course
Mythical Language and Idiom: Crash Course World Mythology #41
Learning about mythological idioms can be quite an odyssey. The 41st and final installment in the Crash Course World Mythology series makes the topic manageable and interesting. Scholars explore the language of mythology and investigate...
Lit2Go
The Man and the Satyr
Traits that are normal to you may be abnormal to others! Part of a larger series of Aesop's fables, "The Man and the Satyr" is available on an audio and text format that is easy to navigate and concise.
Lit2Go
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Writers may mistake the lesson in Aesop's 107-word fable as a wolf in sheep's clothing because it's so much fun! All about a wolf that disguises himself as a sheep to prey on those within a flock, individuals discuss the theme of...
Lit2Go
The Fox and the Grapes
Your class won't have sour grapes over understanding idioms after reading one of Aesop's most famous fables! After listening to the audio passage, learners explore an idiom of their own to investigate. E
Curated OER
Similes and Metaphors
It only takes 90 seconds for this student to explain the differences between a simile and a metaphor. He gives examples of different phrases, along with helpful definition.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "On Thin Ice"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "on thin ice," by looking at a cartoon. [1:45]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Internal and External Filters: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that a range of internal and external filters may alter or obscure a given coded message. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Internal and External Filters."
Crash Course
Crash Course Philosophy #27: Netflix and Chill: Implicature
In this video episode of "Crash Course Philosophy #27: Netflix and Chill: Implicature," Hank explores some of the things that complicate meaning and how we get around that. We'll explain conversational implicature, the cooperative...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Formal and Informal Language
This screencast focuses on formal and informal language and when each is appropriate. It offers definitions and situational examples for each. [2:42] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1.d
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Add Fuel to the Fire"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "add fuel to the fire" by looking at a cartoon. [1:50]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Needle in a Haystack"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "a needle in a haystack" by examining a cartoon. [1:57]
Crash Course
Crash Course Mythology #41: Mythical Language and Idiom
Well, it's the end of our mythology series, anyway. This week, we're talking about how mythological themes have made their way into the English language. We're taking on the Herculean task of tracking down phrases that have made their...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "To Burn Bridges"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "to burn bridges" by using context clues. [4:46]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "Hit the Nail on the Head"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "hit the nail on the head" by using context clues. [4:44]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "Water Under the Bridge"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "water under the bridge" by using context clues. [4:17]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "Get One's Foot in the Door"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "get one's foot in the door" by using context clues. [4:48]