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Date:
Name: Shazia Erum and Syed Jaffar
Class 9th
Subject: English
Topic: Idiomatic structrue
Time: 35- 40 Minutes

Teachers Intention: To enhance students comprehention of the Idiomatic Structure in English grammar.

Specific Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to understand the Idiomatic Structure and
will write few sentences on the structure of Idioms within 10 minutes in their notebooks.

Material aids: worksheets

Method: Discussion method

Strategies: Pair work

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Content

Method
Teacher Activity

Expected answers:

1: Tom has a short fuse.

2: Louise felt like a fish out of
water in the new class.
3: We arrived at the bus stop in the
nick of time.
4: He was all ears when the teacher
started talking.
5: The fancy car will cost an arm
and a leg
Topic: Idiomatic Structure

1. under the weather

____________________________
2. hold your horses
____________________________
3. cry wolf
____________________________
4. At the eleventh hour
____________________________

Time
Student Activity
5min

Warm up:
The teacher will write the following
sentences on the board and ask
students to read the sentences
carefully then randomly ask students
to circle / underline the Idioms in each
sentence.

Students will read

the sentences and
circle the Idioms in
each sentence.

Answers:
Short temper
Not feeling comfortable
Reach at the end, listen carefully
a lot of money

Introduction:
On the basis of pupils response the
teacher will introduce the topic by
writing it on the board.

The student will

look at the board

Development
Guided task:
The teacher will give students a
worksheet then ask them to explain
the meaning of the following Idiom
within 10 minutes.

5. Cry over spilt milk

____________________________

Students will write

sentences in
pairs.and share their
meaning.

6. Hit the sheets

7. Piece of cake
____________________________
Answers
feeling poorly, be patient, give a
false alarm, wrong instruction
Almost too late, to be unhappy,
study hard for exam, Very easy to
do
Expected answer:

Feedback :

The teacher will ask student to share

their answers, The teacher will
appreciate the answers of students and
will rectify if there are any mistakes.

Students will share

their work one by
one

10 min

Meaning - When you cut the ground

from under someone's feet, you do
something which weakens their
position.
Example - When team India hit more
than 350 runs in the ODI, they cut the
ground from under the opponent's feet.
Meaning - Spending a lot of time and
energy doing a lot of things but actually
achieving too little.
Example - He's been chasing his tail
all week collecting data but the report
is still not ready

The teacher will further explain the

meaning of 6 impotant idioms with
examples by pasting flash cards on the
board.
1: Cut the ground from under feet :

2: Chase your tail:

Meaning - Trying out every possibility

to get a result.
Example - It is a difficult thing to do
but if we really want it done, we must
explore all capabilities.
Meaning - Putting up a plan or idea
into action.
Example - Now that we have
compeleted all the things , let's share
the idea what we have learnt.

3: Explore all avenues

4: Get the show on the road

Meaning - Don't delay in getting something

done.
Example - As soon as he finished all the
registration formalities, he put the house on
sale.

Meaning - Desirable position which is

well-paid and considered relatively
easy .
Example - This looks like a plum job
but it has its own bunch of
complications.
Meaning - Waiting for an opportunity
to take action, mostly to replace
someone else in their job.
Example - The senior manager is
going to retire in next 2 months. Two of
his juniors who are waiting

10 min

Teachers Input:

5: Not let grass grow under feet

6: Plum job

7: Waiting in the wings

Students will listen

to the teacher and
understand the
meaning of Idioms
with examples by
writing main points
in their copies.

Expected answer:

7 min

Application:
The teacher will provide the
worksheet and ask students to
Complete the sentence using an idiom
that means the
words in parenthesis, brackets within
7 minutes in their notebooks

Students will write

the sentence using
an idiom that means
the in bracket their
notebooks

The test was (easy)

____________________________
Jack was (angry)
____________________________
We burned the cake and had to
(start over)
____________________________
They had to (study hard)
____________________________
The doctor said Amy was (healthy)
____________________________

a cakewalk, a piece of cack

all bent out of shape

go back to square one

burn the midnight oil

fit as a fiddle

Feedback:
The teacher will appreciate the
students response and will correct if
there is any short comings.

Students will share

their work one by
one

5 min

Overall Assessment:
Expected answers:
An idiom also called idiomatic
expression is an expression,
word, or phrase that has a
figurative meaning
conventionally understood by
native speakers. This meaning
is different from the literal
meaning of the idiom's
individual elements.

To assess pupils understanding level

the teacher will randomly ask the
following question: answers will be
written on the board
Q1:write down the definition of
idioms.

Students will
snswer the question
orally.