1. MARCH 11, 2010 IDIOMS

2. AGENDA: • Warmup • Read sample Idioms and interpret • NOTES • ACTIVITY

3. Warm up • What is an idiom? Can you give an example?

4. READ AND INTERPRET IDIOMS: • Read a variety of idioms from the book of idioms. • Students try to interpret the actual meanings.

5. NOTES: • An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its actual words. • EX… It’s raining cats and dogs. It’s literal meaning suggests that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We interpret to mean that it is raining hard.

6. ACTIVITY: • INTERPRET THE FOLLOWING IDIOMS. CHOOSE ONE AND THEN ILLUSTRATE THE LITERAL MEANING. • Head in the sand _______________________ • Lay down the law _______________________ • Born yesterday _________________________ • Feel like a million _______________________ • Just what the doctor ordered ______________

7. CONT… • Hold your horses ________________________ • Cat has your tongue ______________________ • Going bananas __________________________ • Bury the hatchet ________________________