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Understanding Idioms: Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "don't cry over spilled milk" using context clues. She emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of individual words, but rather require an...
Curated Video
Decoding Idioms: A Leopard Can't Change His Spots
In this video lesson, students will learn the meaning of the idiom "a leopard can't change its spots" by using context clues. The teacher explains the concept of idioms and how they cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Taking Someone Under Your Wing
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to take someone under one's wing" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the literal meaning of each word, but rather by...
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Understanding Idioms: Putting Things on the Back Burner
In this video transcript, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to put on the back burner" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words and encourages students...
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Understanding Idioms: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
In this video lesson, students will learn the meaning of the idiom "a wolf in sheep's clothing" by using context clues. The teacher explains how idioms cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of individual words and provides...
Visual Learning Systems
Language in Science: Help in Understanding
The meaningful use of language and vocabulary are some of the fundamentals of science. This program explores strategies and methods of understanding scientific language. Emphasis is placed on how the language of science supports...
Curated Video
How to Understand Vocabulary on IELTS Reading - IELTS Energy Podcast 1169
How can you understand difficult vocabulary on the IELTS reading exam? Today we share 3 tips that will help you decipher tricky words and be ready to find answers on test day!
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Understanding Idioms: Feeling Like a Fish Out of Water
In this video lesson, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to feel like a fish out of water" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes the importance of understanding idioms as phrases that don't mean exactly what the words...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Giving Someone a Piece of Your Mind
This video lesson explains the meaning of the idiomatic expression "to give someone a piece of your mind." It emphasizes the importance of understanding idioms in context rather than interpreting them literally. The video provides...
Curated Video
Determining the Level of Accuracy Needed
In this video, students learn how to determine the level of accuracy needed when solving problems. They explore different situations that require varying levels of precision and accuracy, such as estimating pizza quantities, calculating...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Getting Your Foot in the Door
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to get one's foot in the door" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of individual words, but rather by...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Swallowing Hook, Line, and Sinker
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to swallow hook, line, and sinker" by using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words, but rather require...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "the pot calling the kettle black" using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words and that context clues...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Knowing Like the Back of Your Hand
In this video lesson, students will learn the meaning of the idiom "to know like the back of one's hand" by using context clues. The teacher explains that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of individual words, but...
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Understanding Idioms: The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "the straw that broke the camel's back." She emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by their literal meanings and instead require context clues. Through examples and...
Wonderscape
Understanding Context Clues: Unlocking the Meaning of Unknown Words
This video is a lesson on how to use context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words while reading. The teacher explains different types of context clues, such as synonym clues, antonym clues, definition clues, inference clues,...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Decoding the Meaning of 'Water Under the Bridge
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of idioms and how to understand their meanings through context clues. Using the example of "water under the bridge," the teacher encourages students to think beyond the literal...
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Understanding Idioms: Skeletons in the Closet
In this video lesson, students will learn the meaning of the idiom "skeletons in one's closet" by using context clues. The teacher explains that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the meaning of each individual word, and...
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Understanding Idioms: Don't Burn Your Bridges
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to burn bridges" using context clues. The lesson emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the literal meaning of each word, and instead, learners should rely...
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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 OER
Christina Applegate: Booth
What is a booth? Christina and Elmo get in a booth to define the word booth. They give examples of different types of booths.
Macat
An Introduction to Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Learning the meaning of a new word is different than knowing its definition. Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations discusses the importance of context in understanding a word's meaning, as well as the fluidity of...
GrammarSongs by Melissa
Context Clues Song (Context Clues by Melissa)
Remind scholars to use context clues when they come across unknown words with the help of a music video that describes what context clues are, and how to use them to come up with a definition.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Party Moose
The importance of paying attention to what you are reading, and employing reading strategies when something doesn't make sense, are demonstrated in the 11-minute animated story "Party Moose" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali.