Objectives:
- Effective collaboration with partners
- Contributing to group discussions
- Developing independent learning skills
- Understanding and applying 15+ new idioms
- Building skills needed to access additional idiom-related resources online for independent learning purposes.
Materials:
- 1 Internet-enabled laptop or tablet computer per 2 students.
- Blank paper (for writing and illustrating)
Context:
This lesson is oriented to be suitable for intermediate level English as a Foreign Language (EFL)/English as a Second Language (ESL) students in grades five through nine, depending on their level of language acquisition. It is designed to be used with a blended learning approach; materials for this lesson are primarily located online, but operate in combination with in-class discussions and activities.