Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
Proverbs and Their Definitions:4
In this ESL activity worksheet, learners match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
Curated OER
Proverbs and Their Definitions: 1
In this ESL activity worksheet, students match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
Curated OER
Proverbs and Their Definitions: 2
In this ESL activity worksheet, students match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
Curated OER
Proverbs and Their Definitions: 3
In this ESL activity instructional activity, students match the 5 proverbs in the left-hand column to the correct definitions in the right-hand column.
Curated OER
Proverb Matching
In this proverb matching worksheet, students match the first half of each of the 20 proverbs with the appropriate second half that completes them. Students discuss their answers.
Curated OER
Dueling Proverbs #1
In this writing proverbs practice worksheet, 6th graders complete 10 fill-in-the-blanks with missing letters to complete hidden proverbs. Letter clues are provided.
Curated OER
Proverbial Picture Pages
Examine the meaning of the word proverb, and then choose proverbs from a list. The list is not provided, but there are several resources listed here to find a variety of proverbs. Then have your learners explain the meaning of each...
Curated OER
Contrary Proverbs #31
In this contrary proverbs #31 worksheet, student interactively select the proverb that is contrary to the one that is given, for 7 proverbs, with immediate online feedback.
Curated OER
Proverbs Matching and Explanation
In this proverbs worksheet, students match the first half of 23 proverbs with the last half. In their own words, students explain what they mean.
Curated OER
Proverbs
In this proverbs worksheet, learners review and discuss eighteen key terms associated with proverbs and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
Curated OER
Compare the Presidents
How are Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama similar? How are they different? Look at two visual representations of them; what kind of first impression does they give you? After comparing the presidents, learners complete a proverb matching...
Curated OER
Proverbs 16:12 - 13
In this D'Nealian printing practice learning exercise, students practice their handwriting as they trace the listed words taken from Proverbs 16: 12-13 in the Bible.
Curated OER
Cloudy Days are for Reading and Writing
Students research weather proverbs and determine the scientific validity of 3 weather proverbs. They write an essay presenting their reasoning. They interview elderly people to graph the most frequently heard proverbs and theorize...
Curated OER
Wisdom of Ben Franklin
Students recognize the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin. They examine a list of proverbs of Ben Franklin and select a proverb to paraphrase. In addition, they create a modern proverb that has the same meaning as the one they picked by...
Curated OER
Say What You Mean! ( Interpretation of Maxims)
Students apply maxims to their reading selections. In this maxims lesson, students develop a list of proverbs. Students explain the meaning of the proverb and relate to a book they are reading. Students share additional proverbs from...
Curated OER
Indonesian Proverbs
Seventh graders study a SouthEast Asian language and culture. They say, translate, and interpret three Asian proverbs and complete a discussion worksheet about what they experienced.
August House
Anansi Goes To Lunch - First Grade
Greed is the theme of this collection of multidisciplinary activities. As a class, read The West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby Norfolk, and take part in a grand discussion about it's plot and theme. Reinforce the theme...
Curated OER
Proverbs Puzzle #2
In this proverbs puzzle, students decode letters to determine a familiar proverb. Each key word is represented by the first initial letter. This puzzle contains approximately 15 famous sayings. A link to the answers are provided.
Curated OER
Testing Weather Proverbs
Students study weather proverbs. In this weather lesson, students list weather proverbs and complete the worksheet to test the proverb. Students design an experiment to test the weather proverbs and conduct the experiments.
Curated OER
Proverbs
Students examine the origins of proverbs and examine several examples. Then they create their own collection of existing proverbs. Later they write their own original ones and share with the class.
Curated OER
Dueling Proverbs #2
In this secondary worksheet, high schoolers explore “dueling proverbs,” or proverbs that seem to contradict each other. The one page worksheet contains ten pairs of proverbs to be decoded. Answers are not provided.
Curated OER
"The Clever Monkey"
Second graders complete a variety of activities related to the book "The Clever Monkey" by Rob Cleveland. They answer story comprehension questions, and rewrite the story. Students also complete a comprehension and fact or opinion...
Curated OER
Proverb Puzzle
In this proverbs worksheet, students uncover popular proverbs by solving letter puzzles. Each important word in a proverb is replace by its initial letters.
Other popular searches
- African Proverbs
- Chinese Proverbs
- Ancient Roman Proverbs
- Book of Proverbs
- Comparing Proverbs
- American Proverbs
- African and American Proverbs
- West African Proverbs
- Idioms Proverbs/sayings
- Proverbs and Quotations
- Biblical Proverbs
- Ancient Chinese Proverbs