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Figurative Language

4th grade

English Language Arts

Kate Shannon

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Learning Objective

Students will be able to communicate the meaning of figurative language through the use of images.

Students will be able to communicate a situation aligned with figurative language using digital tools.

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ELA Standard: Literary devices 4th - 6th grade 4.3.R.4 - 5.3.R.4 - 6.3.R.4 Students will evaluate literary devices to support interpretations of literary texts. Students will find textual evidence when provided with examples.

ISTE - Creative Communicator - Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

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(Arnold, 2004)

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(Arnold, 2004)

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(Arnold, 2004)

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What do these sayings mean? Why do we use them?

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Idioms

Idiom	Meaning	Origin
A blessing in disguise		English
Better late than never		English
Pay the duck		Portugal
Not my circus, not my monkey		Poland
To let a frog out of your mouth		Finland
To hang noodles on the ears		Russia

A good thing that seemed bad at first

Better to arrive late than not to come at all.

Take the blame for something you didn’t do.

Not my problem

To say the wrong thing

To fool someone

(Schmalbruch, 2017)

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Create your own idiom

Create an illustration of an idiom that you have heard or create your own. Don’t write the saying on your picture. Let’s have some fun and try to guess!

Can you guess mine?

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Animate an Idiom

Use one of the apps/websites below to create an illustration of an idiom and share it with the class using Seesaw.

Animation Apps

Make Belief Comix (https://www.makebeliefscomix.com)

Comic Life 3 (iPad app)

ToonTastic (iPad app)

Pixton (iPad app or https://www.pixton.com/)

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Make Belief Comix

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Submitting your work

Go to the Seesaw app on your iPad or https://web.seesaw.me/
Click Log in - for website
Select “I’m a Student”
Enter this Text code: YHZJ DZEG
Complete the information screen (use SE email) and create a password
The course you are joining is called EDUC 3313
Go to activities and add your response

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Some idioms you might use

Idiom	Meaning
Cry over spilt milk	When you complain about a loss from the past
Beat around the bush	Avoiding the main topic; Not speaking directly about the issue
Every cloud has a silver lining	Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
Give the benefit of the doubt	Believe someone’s statement without proof
Take with a grain of salt	Don’t take what someone says too seriously

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Resources

Arnold, Todd. (2004). Even more parts: Idioms from head to toe. N.Y.: Dial Books

for Young Readers.

Schmalbruch, S. (2017). 21 idioms from around the world that don’t make sense in English. Retrieved

from: https://www.businessinsider.com/funny-idioms-from-around-the-world-2017-3