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Idiom Quizzes - XYZ

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive language skills worksheet, students answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding idioms. Students may check their answers immediately.
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The Raven: Creator of the Universe?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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Idiom Conversations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this idioms worksheet, students choose the answer that is closest in meaning according to the preceding conversation. All of the sentences include different idioms and slang.
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Idioms Quiz: Mixed 1

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this idioms worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence. Students complete 10 problems.
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Writer's Workshop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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Idioms Beginning With E

For Students 4th - 6th
For this idiom worksheet, students complete a total of 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the meaning of a given idiom. Students may click on an "answer" button for immediate feedback. Worksheet is labeled as an ESL activity, but is...
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Presentation Blogs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Poetry and PowerPoint

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and discuss the poem, "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes. After brainstorming examples of vivid verbs, figures of speech, language patterns, and imagery used in the poem, 3rd graders write a poem on a topic of...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

“Read All About It”: Primary Source Reading in “Chronicling America”

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Can investigative journalism become too sensationalistic and accusatory, or is it vital for the survival of a democracy? Middle schoolers analyze primary source documents from early 20th-century newspapers as well as Theodore...
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K12 Reader

Shakespeare's Language: What's the Meaning?

For Students 8th Standards
You needn't be an actor to stage this exercise in reading comprehension. Kids examine Jacques's "All the World's a Stage" speech from Act II, scene ii, of As You Like It, and explain the literal meaning of the figurative...
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Annenberg Foundation

America's History in the Making: Classroom Applications Four

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The final installment of a 22-part American history series examines the many faces that make up the country's story. From Henry Ford to Tulio Serrano, scholars use biographical evidence and Internet research to uncover the people behind...
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Curriculum Corner

7th Grade ELA Common Core Checklists

For Teachers 7th Standards
Track your class's progress on all of the ELA Common Core standards with these handy charts. Along the left side, each seventh grade identifier is listed along with the full text of the standard. As you teach, reteach, assess,...
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West Virginia Department of Education

The Debate - John Brown: Martyr or Madman?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Did he die for a cause, or was he crazy? Although the resource discusses John Brown and West Virginia history, many historical figures have the same reputation. Teach learners about different perspectives and highlight the importance of...
PPT
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Chapter 9: Language Processing: Humans and Computers

For Teachers Higher Ed
Designed to accompany An Introduction to Language by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams, this powerpoint addresses a number of language, technological, and sociological topics. The slides could be helpful in either a...
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Pennington Publishing

Vocabulary Worksheet #1 & #2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...
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Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online interactive figurative language worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank questions identifying each sentence as a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.
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Understanding Idioms

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them with their meanings from a word bank.
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New Vista Middle School

Hyperboles

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Turn hyper bowls into hyperboles that will take away the breath of your principal and learners with the knowledge available in this presentation. The PowerPoint provides very clear and accurate information that breaks down how hyperboles...
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ACROSTIC POETRY

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
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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Idioms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing with idioms worksheet, students read 10 sentences and explain what the idiom (in bold) in each sentence means in their own words.
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Idioms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this idioms worksheet, learners fill in missing words for 11 sentences. For example, "I finished the test very quickly, it was..."
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Curated OER

Test Your Vocabulary Skills: More Common Idioms 2

For Students 5th - 6th
For this language arts worksheet, students discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them to their meanings.
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Vocabulary Skills

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary worksheet, young scholars read 10 idioms and math them with 10 keywords. For example, "Break a leg!" matches with "good luck for actors."

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