Download Word Study Station #4: Idioms, Slang, and Dialect

Word Study Station #4:
Idioms, Slang, and Dialect
Allen & Stine – Team H
November 2013
We’ve spent a lot of time this year
discussing formal language (Review). For
now, the focus is on informal language.
Using these links, define the vocabulary
on your study guide.
Idioms;
Slang; and
Dialect.
Get AW #22: Idioms, Slang, and
Dialect worksheet from Folder B.
 Working independently and quietly,
complete the Worksheet.
 Please refer to your notes for any
answers you are not sure of!
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Using the Answer Key in Folder
C, check and correct your work.
 Review any concepts with which
you had difficulty.
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Go to the following site and read:
“The Most Unruly Class in the World.”
Hover over each highlighted idiom and
examine its meaning. Jot down the
idioms and their meanings. Star (*) the
ones you already knew.
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Get an Idiom Worksheet from Folder D.
Working with a partner - and using these
sources - define each of these idioms.
Idiom Site #1
Idiom Site #2
When complete, move on to the next slide…
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Working individually, select an attention-grabbing
idiom from your completed Idiom Worksheet.
Get a piece of plain white paper (Folder E), and fold it
in half (hamburger style).
At the top, neatly write the idiom.
On one side, draw the literal meaning and write its
definition.
On the other side, draw the figurative meaning and
its understood, i.e. what you now know it to mean,
definition.
Use your very best art skills!
Proceed to next slide for two examples. You may not
select either idiom from the examples provided.
Drawing an idiom literally might look
like this…
Or…
Proceed to next slide for
further directions…
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On the back, in sentence form, neatly
identify how this idiom could have
arrived at its meaning.
Submit to Mrs. Allen or Mrs. Stine for
assessment.
Move on to the final slide to complete
this word study station.
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Independently – and quietly complete the Review and Quiz from
Folder F.
Submit to Mrs. Allen or Mrs. Stine for
assessment.
Read quietly or work on something
else Language Arts related.
Burke, Jim. Academic Workout: Reading and Language Arts. Waltham, MA: First Choice
Education Group, 2006. Print.
"Definition for dialect - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)." Oxford Dictionaries
Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.
<http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dialect>.
"Idiom Keep Your Head with Meaning and Use in a Sentence and Story." Idiom Keep Your
Head with Meaning and Use in a Sentence and Story. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.idiomsbykids.com/taylor/mrtaylor/stories/idiomsfromiowa/iowastor
y.html>.
Mile, A. "English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions - UsingEnglish.com." English Language
(ESL) Learning Online - UsingEnglish.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/>.
Money, not spending. "IdiomSite.com - Find out the meanings of common sayings."
IdiomSite.com - Find out the meanings of common sayings. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.idiomsite.com/>.
"What is an Idiom?." Heathermeloche.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2016.
<www.heathermeloche.com/What%20is%20an%20Idiom.htm>.