Idioms Week Block Plan​ - P.

1, 45 minutes- 20 students 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5: ​Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

Introduction:  Introduction:  Introduction:  Introduction:  Introduction: 

● Independent Reading (15  ● Independent Reading  ● Independent  ● Independent Reading (20 Min)  ● Independent Reading 
Min)  (15 Min)  Reading (15 Min)  ● Allow time for students to finish  (15 Min) 
● Show “The Literals” skit from  ● Take-Off, Touch-Down:    their idiom drawings if needed  ● Turn and Talk with 
the Amanda Bynes Show  Review Figurative    Shoulder partners: ​What 
● Idioms:   Language and Idioms  was your favorite idiom 
○ Figurative language  definitions  you learned about 
○ Expression that has a  yesterday? Why? 
different meaning from   
the literal meaning of 
each word/phrase 

Activities:  Activities:   Activities:   Activities:   Activities:  

● Independently Read  ● Introduce Idioms  ● Continue Idioms  ● Gallery Walk: ​Share student  ● Idiom Guru Came: 
Idioms Cartoon   Drawings:  Drawings:  Idiom Drawings:  Played within table 
● Think-Pair-Share:  ○ Each student gets a  ○ Each student gets  ○ Students leave their idiom  groups (split into two 
○ What did you notice  different idiom   a different idiom   drawings face up on their  teams) 
about what the  ○ Research idiom  ○ Research idiom  seats  ○ Each table gets a 
characters are saying  meaning/history and  meaning/history  ○ Play music for a 30 seconds-  cup with slips of 
(speech bubbles) versus  summarize  and summarize  and have students walk  paper with idioms on 
what Joe is thinking  ○ Draw literal and  ○ Draw literal and  around the room  it 
(thought bubbles)?  figurative meanings  figurative  ○ When the music stops-  ○ When it’s your 
● ​Explain:​ Idioms make  ○ Use idiom in a  meanings  student sits at the seat  team’s turn- pick out 
language fun, but difficult  sentence.  ○ Use idiom in a  closest to them with a  an idiom and try to 
especially for those  sentence.  drawing on it.  get your teammate 
learning English.     ○ Student tries to guess the  to guess the idiom. 
● Ask:​ Who has ever been  meaning of the idiom  The team with the 
confused by language  based on the pictures.  most idioms guessed 
before?  ○ Student then reads the  correctly wins 
meaning on the other side.  ○ Students MAY use: 
○ Student will flag three idiom  definitions, synonyms, 
drawings that stumped  antonyms, context, 
them.  examples 
○ CANNOT use​: words 
Closing:  Closing:  Closing:  Closing:  on the slip, rhymes, 
● Small Group:​ Given an  ● Roundtable: ​Share one  ● Stand-Up, Hand-Up,  ● Whole Class Share Out: ​Which  spelling, motions 
idiom from a different  interesting fact you  Pair-Up: ​Review what  idioms stumped the most 
culture- brainstorm a list of  learning about your  an idiom is and how it  people? Why do we think so? 
what it could mean!  idiom today.  adds to language.