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Proverbs and Idioms
Students complete a unit of activities to learn about idioms and proverbs. In this idioms and proverbs lesson, students complete 16 lessons to learn about idioms and proverbs. Students complete a booklet of proverb and idiom activities.
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Idioms
Young scholars explore the use of common idioms and deduce the correct meanings of idioms.
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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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ESL Complete the Sentence- Idiom Worksheet
In this ESL complete the idiom instructional activity, students fill in the endings to common idioms. They see a small, colorful clip art picture that shows the meaning of the idiom before they complete the sentence.
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Idioms
Students study the meanings of idioms containing the phrase "up" or "down." In this language lesson plan, students are given an online scenario where the idiom phrases are used. Students answer multiple choice questions about their meaning.
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Negative Imperatives and Idioms
High schoolers identify negative imperatives in sentences. They practice using positive and negative imperatives in their written and spoken dialogue. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson plan.
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Writer's Workshop
Learners, after brainstorming what the concept of idioms are, listen for idioms while the book, "Chocolate Moose for Dinner," is read to them out loud by the teacher. They then write a short narrative incorporating at least one idiom...
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Daily Oral Language Activities: Idioms
Third graders examine the use of idioms. In this vocabulary and reading lesson plan, 3rd graders explore what idioms are and make their own idiom cards to help them understand the use idioms in language.
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Idioms
Pupils examine the use of idioms in everyday language. They discuss the meanings of various idioms, complete a worksheet, and create a poster to illustrate a selected idiom.
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Idiom Ideographs
Students explore idioms. They divide into groups of three. Each group is given an idiom and three sentence clues. They discuss the meaing of their assigned idiom. Students create a new sentence using their idiom and dramatize the idiom.
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Pull Idioms
In this idioms worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences that contain a form of the word "pull" in them. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Revisiting Big Metaphors and Themes: Revising and Beginning to Perform Two-Voice Poems
Now that your class has read all of Esperanza Rising, take the time to tackle big metaphors and themes. Pupils will participate in an activity called Chalk Talk, in which they circulate around the room in small groups and add...
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ACROSTIC POETRY
Students use newspapers or magazines to create an acrostic poem where words are divided into parts of speech.
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T'was the Night Before Christmas (Poem)
Students read the poem T'was the Night Before Christmas, and then partner with another student to complete a poem of their own based on the original. The new poem has missing words and students fill in the missing parts of speech like a...
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Combining Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
Students combine direct and indirect pronouns in this lesson. They practice with rewriting sentences when a direct and indirect object is present. They create a story using PowerPoint with their new sentences.
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Awesome Animals
Sixth graders write descriptive narratives about animals. In this descriptive writing lesson, the teacher models how to write a paragraph with interesting sensory words and exciting verbs. Students choose a picture of an animal they want...
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Chicago Tribune vs. US (1942): When Does Freedom of the Press Go Too Far?
Students define freedom of the press in peace and war time. As a class, they identify the need for the public to be informed, but discuss where the line should be drawn to protect national security. They develop their arguments and...
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Images of Cowboys
Students examine the image of the cowboy that is presented in popular culture. Students read about Native American, African American, Mexican, and Canadian Cowboys. For homework, they analyze a classroom textbook's depiction of cowboys.
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The Raven: Creator of the Universe?
Pupils explore biology by researching birds in class. In this raven identification lesson, students utilize the Internet to identify the anatomy, habits and habitat of ravens. Pupils write descriptive paragraphs about ravens and read the...
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Presentation Blogs
Students create an audio/video blog for units of study for language skills, vocabulary, grammar patterns, idioms and body language. For this presentation blogs lesson, students select a topic from a unit of study and a message for...
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Phonological Awareness: A Sound Beginning
Choose from a variety of phonological activities to complement a reading lesson. The guide goes through the basic components of good phonics instruction focusing on sound types, levels of phonological awareness, assessment methods,...
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Better English Lessons: Present Perfect
In this online interactive English skills learning exercise, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to select the appropriate words to complete the sentences. Answers are scored immediately.
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Adjectives
Students add adjectives to a paragraph to make it more exciting and describing. In this adjectives lesson plan, students compare 2 paragraphs, one with adjectives and one without, and then add in their own to another paragraph.
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Does Art Imitate Life?
Write what you know, sound advice for any writer and something many famous authors are known to have done. Use these materials to explore how Shakespeare's life influenced his plays. This resource is packed with readings, video segments,...