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Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Art is a great way to convey or express an idea. Learners choose an idiom, draw it, and use transfer paper to create photograms. They discuss how why they chose the phrase they did, and how they expressed that idea through their...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Phrases, Fleeting Phrases
An activity boosts readers' fluency in reading common phrases and idioms. Peers time one another and track their progress using phrase cards and record sheets.
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Proverbs & Old Sayings
How familiar is your class with proverbs? There are 23 proverbs listed here, and the goal is to name the missing word in each sentence. Find the answer easily by clicking the drop down that says answer. Some of them are easy, and some...
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Vocabulary Skills- Common Idioms 6
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students match 10 common idioms with their meanings after reading the definition of an idiom which is located at the top of the page.
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Common Idioms- Body Parts 1- Vocabulary Skills
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 20 sentences with body parts words that are listed at the top of the page. They fill in the blanks to complete common idioms.
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Sayings Quiz: Money
In this English idioms and sayings worksheet, students use the meanings of English idioms and sayings to complete sentences. Students can receive hints about each saying before checking their answers.
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Idioms Quiz: Plants
In this idioms about plants worksheet, students complete sentences by interpreting idioms about plants. Each sentence contains clues as to the meaning of the idiom.
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Sayings Quiz: Truth
In this English idioms and sayings learning exercise, students complete sentenecs by interpreting English sayings.
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Idioms-Proverbs and Sayings
Explore some of the most popular proverbs in American English. There are 24 sentences displayed here, and each sentence illustrates a specific proverb. After reading the sentence, your learner will choose which proverb matches the...
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Laundry List of Idioms
Fifth graders think of idioms related to laundry as they create a laundry list of idioms.
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Idioms or Cultural Sayings
In this online interactive idioms or cultural sayings worksheet, students respond to 14 matching questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Idioms in Spoken or Written Sentences
In this language arts instructional activity, learners discover idioms and their meanings. Students match 10 common idioms with their meaning keywords from a word bank. Example: He's over the hill. (too old)
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Sayings Quiz: Will
For this online quiz worksheet, students read the sentences containing the English sayings and select the correct answer to complete the 10 exercises.
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Idioms and What They Mean
In this idioms worksheet, students match the meanings with nine common idioms. Students then use the idioms, filling in blanks in 9 sentences. Some may be unfamiliar to students in the U.S.
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Idioms
For this idioms worksheet, students read 25 common idioms. Students write the meanings of each idiom. There are no hints or pictures here.
K12 Reader
Proverbs and Adages: What’s the Meaning?
Your kids have probably heard these idioms before, but do they know what they mean? Help them learn that haste makes waste, an ill wind blows no good, and that ignorance is bliss with a list of popular expressions.
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.6
Cover language registers so that your class members can adapt their speech when necessary. The two example activities are interactive and involve authentic interaction. Test your pupils' understanding of speech adaptation with one or...
K12 Reader
Animal Proverbs and Adages
What will play when the cat's away? Practice figurative language with a list of proverbs about animals. Kids use the word bank at the top of the page to fill in the blanks based on their knowledge of common phrases.
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Idiom Quizzes - Clothes
In this online/interactive worksheet, students choose an idiom to replace the expressions in parenthesis. Students write 15 multiple choice answers.
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"The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note" by Mark Twain
Compare real events from Mark Twain's life to events in the story. Middle school readers identify point-of-view, its purpose, and its reliability by citing two examples. They describe the tone of the story using four examples and...
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Common Idioms 1
In this language arts worksheet, learners learn that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious. Students match the 10 idioms to their meanings.
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Idioms Beginning With I
In this idioms activity, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the meaning of idioms beginning with I.
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Figures of Speech Slide Show
This slide show on figures of speech includes definitions, images, and examples from real texts for several common terms: metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, irony, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and imagery. The presentation is...
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Literary Techniques
Need to review literary terms/techniques with your class? The slides in this presentation define and give examples of 22 common literary terms. The PowerPoint could be used for AP test prep.
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