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Grammar book.com: Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects
Notes and examples of nouns, verbs, and identifying subjects within a sentence.
Quia
Quia: Rags to Riches: Idioms From Context
In this interactive, "millionaire-style" game, students read passages with idioms in them. Then they will select the correct explanation for each idiom.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Magazine Hunt
In this instructional activity, students find and cut out magazine pictures that show the definition of their vocabulary words and make a collage with them.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Understanding Idioms
This lesson focuses on idioms including illustrating the literal meanings and explaining the figurative meanings.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions
An explanation of coordinating conjunctions with examples and example sentence. A chart with the FANBOYS acronym for remembering coordinating conjunctions is also provided.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Word of the Day
Links to an idiom of the day, phrasal verb of the day, slang of the day, and saying of the day along with a sign up to have these sent via email each day.
TES Global
Blendspace: Verbs and Quotes
A ten-part learning module. The first six lessons include links to videos, a worksheet, a word list, notes, and a learning game on verbs. The last four lessons include links to videos and information on paraphrasing, citing, summarizing...
TES Global
Blendspace: Figurative Language
A forty-six part learning module including links to informational texts, videos, pictures, practice exercises and more on various types of figurative language such as simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, alliteration, hyperbole, and...
TES Global
Blendspace: Idioms Resources
A twenty-three-part learning module including links to images and videos on various idioms.
TES Global
Blendspace: Similes and Metaphors
An eighteen-part learning module with links to videos, charts, and images to teach similes and metaphors.
TES Global
Blendspace: Gallagher Figurative Language
A learning module with thirty-one links to images, texts, websites, and videos to on figurative language including simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia.
TES Global
Blendspace: Figurative Language
A fifteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, and websites to use while learning about figurative language including simile, metaphor, idioms, and more.
TES Global
Blendspace: Metaphors and Similes
A twelve-part learning module with links to videos, images, websites, and a quiz on metaphors and similes.
TES Global
Blendspace: Idioms, Adages, Proverbs
A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos to use while learning about idioms, adages, and proverbs.
TES Global
Blendspace: Idioms
A sixteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, and a video on idioms.
TES Global
Blendspace: Literary Devices
A learning module with eighteen links to videos and images to use when learning about literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and alliteration.
TES Global
Blendspace: Figurative Language
A nine-part learning module with links to images and a video about figurative language including simile, onomatopoeia, and metaphor.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Simile and Metaphor
[Free Registration/Login Required] This elementary flipchart explores examples of simile and metaphor as students brainstorm ideas with the class.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Interjection
An explanation of an interjection with examples and links to additional information and a list of interjections.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Figurative Language and Persuasive Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews figurative language and persuasive writing. It also includes an Activote session.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Idioms of the Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to be a growing collection of idioms. Currently there are 5 pages of idioms, clues, and meanings that could be used daily in mini lesson sessions. Please enjoy and add to the...