Figurative Language Idioms in Context Lesson + Practice
by Stacy Crouse © 2018
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Price: $4.75 USD
Subjects: speech,expressiveLanguage,receptiveLanguage
Grades: 5,6,7,8,9
Description
Sentence context is key to helping students understand idioms. 🗝️ This deck makes it easy (and engaging!) for students to identify figurative language using sentence context. It’s impossible to teach every idiom, so the most effective approach is to help students use context clues to figure out meanings on their own. 🔍 This resource supports students in building that skill in a clear, structured way. 💡 What’s included: This deck is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students working on figurative language and context clues. 💻 A mini teaching lesson with a clear definition & example of an idiom 🧠 40 practice cards, each with an idiom used in 1-3 sentences of context This digital idioms activity includes multiple-choice answers for structured support and built-in feedback for immediate reinforcement throughout the activity. Use this activity to: ✅ Teach or review idioms in context ✅ Help students apply context clues to figurative language ✅ Probe or monitor progress on language goals ✅ Assign as independent practice or homework 🚫 Stop teaching figurative language in isolation. This activity helps students think through idioms using sentence context, so they can apply this strategy to reading, writing, and real-life communication.