Lesson Plan

Name: Ashley Storey

Subject: English Language Arts
Lesson Objectives

2 or 3 student outcomes
Begin with verb

Grade: 7

Student will define idiom.

Student will identify and create examples of idioms.
Student will interpret idioms.

Natl / State Standards

AL College & Career

Ready Course of Study Common Core
Learning Targets / District
Standards
National Standards
(NCTM; NCTE; etc)

Pre-Instructional Activities

Review
Formative Assessment
Introductory Set
Prior Knowledge
Essential Questions
Problem Question
Writing Prompts
Predictions / Purpose
Vocabulary

Teaching

Direct Teaching
Graphic Organizers
Reading Instruction
Tech Integration
Teacher Demonstration
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Small Group Activities
Experiential Activities
Research / Study
Simulations
Problem Solving Activities
Differentiated Instruction
Accommodations

Alabama Standards:
40. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word
relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.7.5]
Learning Targets:
I can explain what an idiom is, how idioms are used in every day
language, and provide my own examples.

We will review the definition of a common type of figurative

language: idioms. We'll do this together with a short interactive
powerpoint (at
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/resources/literacy/idioms.ppt).

*I will set the timer on my iPhone and the student will write down
as many idioms as he can in four minutes. I will assist him. Then
the student and I will work together to write down the meaning of
the idioms he identified.
*Next, the student will pick four of his favorite idioms and
illustrate them. For example, if he writes down hit the hay, he
might draw a kid in bed or cut a picture out of a magazine of
someone looking exhausted. When he is finished, I will laminate
each idiom and use them to display an idiom of the week in our
classroom for a month.
Accommodations: Instead of going over several types of
figurative language at once (like oxymorons, hyperbole, and

Ongoing Assessment

Closure

Summary / Conclusions
Ret-teaching
Formative Assessment
Review
Reflection

more), we will only go over one to maximize his understanding.

Using an interactive powerpoint will help the student visually
process the information better than if I sat there and lectured him.
Several of the idioms in the PPT have pictures that go along with
them. Next, generating and translating his own idioms will give
him confidence. Illustrating his idioms will also provide a way for
him to be creative while still meeting a content standard.
*As a formative assessment, when the student is finished with his
illustrations, I will ask him to make a sign with the definition of
idiom in his own words. I will also laminate it and use it for our
classroom display.