Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

Idioms and Cliches Lesson Plan: Language

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*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Idioms and Cliches Lesson Plan.  This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Idioms and Cliches, and supports the standard of recognizing and explai...

3.6.5 Idioms and Vocabulary Review

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie Area of Rectangles (L3U6L5), Ben and Moby want to install glow-in-the-dark wallpaper in their tree house. But they soon discover that putting up the wallpaper is trickier tha...

3.6.4 Idioms Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie Egg on Your Face (L3U6L4), Moby is up to some strange behavior, from shaking his robot leg to zipping his robot lips, as he takes Ben’s expressions literally! In this lesson ...

2.5.1 Comparatives Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, The Hungrier Shopper (L2U5L1), Ben and Moby go shopping at the supermarket for their lunch. They are trying to choose food items that are tastier and cheaper than others. In...

1.4.5 Review: Present Simple Lesson Plan

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In the movie An Apple a Day (L1U4L5), Moby learns that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but he still wants to see the doctor! Students review the present simple tense and learn a new proverb as M...