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Not grade specific Common Core L.4.5b resources for ESL-EFL-ELL
Idiom Jeopardy
Idioms are difficult but fun. This Jeopardy game allows students to practice guessing the meaning of an idiom from the context. Each idiom is presented in a sentence and students must state the meaning to receive their points. There are five categories: body parts, weather, love, baseball, and around the house. Each category contains 6 idioms for a total of 30. The body parts category pairs well with the book Even More Parts and the around the house category pairs well with Amelia Bedelia.
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March Idiom of the Week
Bring the magic of idioms into your classroom and school with the "March Idiom of the Week" slideshow. Watch as your students' understanding and curiosity grow, making language arts an adventure they look forward to every day!Dive into the world of idioms with our enchanting "March Idiom of the Week" slideshow, a captivating educational resource designed to enrich your language arts curriculum. This vibrant and interactive slideshow is themed around the lush and lively month of March, featuring
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April Idiom of the Week Slideshow
Four idioms presented on a slideshow presentation with origin, meaning, picture and sample sentence provided.Idioms:1. Down to earth2. Turn over a new leaf3. Out of the woods4. Snake in the grassExtra: Knock on wood
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Idiom Jeopardy Google Slide Version
Idioms are difficult but fun. This Jeopardy game allows students to practice guessing the meaning of an idiom from the context. Each idiom is presented in a sentence and students must state the meaning to receive their points. There are five categories: body parts, weather, love, baseball, and around the house. Each category contains 6 idioms for a total of 30. The body parts category pairs well with the book Even More Parts and the around the house category pairs well with Amelia Bedelia. Once
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Figurative Language and English Expressions "Englishisms"
New English learners and children with speech-language delays often need explicit instruction in the use of figurative Language. It's not just idioms, but the everyday play on words and peculiar phrasings.So LET’S CUT TO THE CHASE and develop THE GIFT OF GAB with this JAM-PACKED resource designed for professionals and parents to teach common expressions of English.This resource includes 224 task cards to cut apart and use in a wide variety of games or simply print out as a checklist of figures o
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Idioms Practice Games and Activities Bundle
My English language learners and I spend a lot of time learning and practicing idioms. This bundle combines our four favorite activities at a nice discount. Amelia Bedelia Idiom Posters (we love Amelia Bedelia, and drawing the idioms from the book is a lot of fun)Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia Idioms (there are a lot of idioms in baseball, and we explore them in this sort)Idioms Jeopardy (a class favorite year after year, a perfect review for our unit)Idiom Grid Conquest (a fun game practicing 96 dif
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Halloween Idioms for Figurative Language Conversation Starter Cards
Are you looking for a fun way to teach and reinforce idioms along with language and listening skills? Use these cards to practice conversational competency skills like turn-taking and topic maintenance while using idioms in context. Practicing idioms in natural conversation helps students retain their meanings. These cards are perfect for individual or group sessions. Includes:32 Conversational question cards containing idiomsEach card includes the question, the idiom's meaning, and a picture re
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Proverbs from Around the World: A Reading Comprehension and Speaking Game
My students often request more speaking practice. We play a lot of games that require them to speak, but the speech is often scripted or so defined it’s hard to be considered spontaneous or natural. This game is one of several that we enjoy playing that allows students to speak for a longer period of time with few restrictions and no scripts. A digital version of this game is also available.Goal: Be the first player to reach finish. Players advance by reading a proverb and explaining, in their
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Also included in: Supplemental Resources for Well Said, Fourth Edition
Proverbs from Around the World: A Digital Reading and Speaking Game
My students often request more speaking practice. We play a lot of games that require them to speak, but the speech is often scripted or so defined it’s hard to be considered spontaneous or natural. This game is one of several that we enjoy playing that allows students to speak for a longer period of time with few restrictions and no scripts. A paper version of this game is also available.Goal: Be the first player to reach finish. Players advance by reading a proverb and explaining, in their own
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Also included in: Digital Speaking Practice Games & Activities Bundle
Idioms: Determine Meaning from Context | 5 Lessons & Videos | ESL EFL ELA
5 Google Slides interactive minilessons! Students will have fun determining the meaning of idioms using context clues they hear in short video clips of the idioms being used in natural conversation! Each Slides presentation includes a clickable multiple choice question, example sentences, and discussion/writing questions for even more practice. Use this to practice determining meaning from context AND teach five common English idioms! Some of the slides (see "product details" below) are EDITABLE
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Figurative Language: Proverbs
Figurative Language: Proverbs What do these really mean? is a series of vocabulary building card activities that focus on metacognitively thinking about language to gain an understanding of the difference between abstract intentions and literal meaning. Figures of speech are important to literature and everyday conversation. They compare things to give greater meaning, add color and spark the imagination with visual imagery. Proverbs are short sayings that have a completely different meaning th
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Figurative Language: Idioms
Figurative Language – Idioms: The Magic of Understanding Figurative Language is a series of vocabulary building card activities that focus on metacognitively thinking about language to gain an understanding of the difference between abstract intentions and literal meaning. Figures of speech are important to literature and everyday conversation. They compare things to give greater meaning, add color and spark the imagination with visual imagery. Idioms are word combinations that have a completely
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Figurative Language Hyperboles - A Play On Words
Thinking with Language: The Hyperbole! A Play on Words is a series of vocabulary building card activities that focus on metacognitively thinking about language to gain an understanding of the difference between abstract intentions and literal meaning. Figures of speech are important to literature and everyday conversation. They compare things to give greater meaning, add color and spark the imagination with visual imagery. Hyperboles are extreme exaggerations that create strong visual pictures t
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Idiom Grid Conquest Game
Idioms are a lot of fun to teach and learn. The problem, especially for English language learners, is there are so many idioms to master! This game gives students practice with 96 common English idioms. Students read the idiom and then explain what it means. Due to the large number of cards, I often contain them in an old tissue box (or similar). This makes the cards easy to shuffle (just put them in and shake the box) and draw out (the opening at the top is big enough for even my adult students
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Also included in: Idioms Practice Games and Activities Bundle
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