Interesting Idioms - Presentation
This engaging presentation guides students through the concept of idioms and why they are used in writing. The presentation covers many common idioms used in everyday language and then provides opportunities to think about how they can incorporate idiomatic expressions into their writing to make it more engaging, expressive and interesting!
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Learning goals
- We are learning to describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created.
- We are learning to show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idioms, objective and subjective language, e.g. points of view.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E5LY01
9
Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created
ACELY1698
8.4
Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context
EN3-6B
old
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
EN3-OLC-01
new
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
EN3-VOCAB-01
new
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN3-UARL-01
new
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-UARL-02
new
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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