Unit 1, Lesson 3

Idioms and Oxymoron

Agenda

1. 10 minute grammar

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• Idioms and Oxymoron

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Learning Targets

• I can identify the four different types of sentences

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• I can determine the meaning of figurative language

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• I understand what makes a story powerful

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Sentence Escape Room- go to Google Classroom and click on the link for sentence escape room. Complete each task to escape!

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Personification Activity

Goal: Write sentences using personification.

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1. With your table partner brainstorm a list of verbs on your table in between the two of you.

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*You have 45 seconds to write as many as you can think of.

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As a class we are going to fill in this list of items that will be personified with you and your table partner.

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Hyperbole Activity

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Goal: Give each sentence a makeover by adding hyperbole.

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Sentence Makeover

1. The house is big.
2. The line was long.
3. The party was loud.
4. The movie was boring.
5. My room is clean.
6. My mom is mad.

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Idiom Activity

Goal: Show that idioms are not the literal meaning.

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1. You will doodle the literal meaning of the idiom you receive.
2. Write the idiom on the line and the meaning.
3. You will pass idioms when the timer goes off.

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Oxymoron Bingo

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1. Fill out your bingo card using oxymorons from the list.
2. Get a BINGO!

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BINGO

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