TEKS ELA Standard: 7.9.D

Idioms About Numbers 2

Five idioms related to numbers.

Idioms About Numbers 1

Five idioms related to numbers.

Idioms About Salt

Five idioms related to salt.

Idioms About Eggs

Five idioms related to eggs.

Idioms About Dessert

Five idioms related to dessert.

Idioms About Food 2

Five idioms related to food.

Idioms About Food 1

Five idioms related to food.

Idioms About Feet

Five idioms related to feet.

Idioms About Noses

Five idioms related to noses.

Idioms About Hands and Fingers

Five idioms related to hands and fingers.

Idioms About Hands

Five idioms related to hands.

Idioms About Body Parts

Five idioms related to body parts.

Idioms About Bugs

Five idioms related to bugs.

Idioms About Birds 2

Five idioms related to birds.

Idioms About Birds 1

Five idioms related to birds.

Idioms About Ducks

Five idioms related to ducks.

Idioms About Geese

Five idioms related to geese.

Idioms About Names

Five idioms related to names.

Idioms About Bites

Five idioms related to bites.

Idioms About the Greeks and Romans

Five idioms related to the Greeks and Romans.

Idioms About Mouths

Five idioms related to mouths.

Idioms About Water

Five idioms related to water.

Personification: A River

A river that chases, chuckles, and grips things with a gurgle. Your students will see how a writer turns plain water into a living creature, then try it themselves on fire, snow, or traffic.

Smoke-Breathing Godzilla Tree

Jingle Bells on Wrenches

Extreme Closeup in Slow Motion

Blue Flames of Kawah Ijen Volcano

A Glowing Turtle

Octopus Walks on Two Tentacles

World’s Best Juggler: Francis Brunn

Halloween Hay Bales

Adorabilis: The Cutest Octopus

Dust Storm Over Phoenix

Metal Lattice Light Enough to Sit on a Dandelion

Faig Ahmed’s Surreal Woolen Carpets

A Steel Table Played Like an Instrument

Insects Taking Off in Slow Motion

Pancakes That Look Like Bacon and Eggs

Danny MacAskill’s BMX Stunts on Giant Toys

Starling Murmurations

Iridescent Steam Up Close

Fruit and Vegetable Carving

Kayaking Into Fingal’s Cave

Laika’s Stop-Motion Techniques

Blanket Octopus Unfurls Its Skin

Banana Juggling by Joseph Viatte

Ice Drummers Play a Frozen Lake

Pygmy Seahorse Camouflage

Inside the Sun’s Corona

Wine Glass Played Underwater

Glass Armonica

Time-Lapse Volcano Eruption

Liquid Mercury Balloon in Slow Motion

A Mirror Made Entirely Out of Fur

Swimming Through a Lake of Jellyfish

Struggle Makes Us Stronger

How the lotus can teach your young students about resiliency.

Idioms About Money

Five sets of idioms related to money.

Idioms About Fire

Five sets of idioms related to fire!

Idioms about Weather

Five sets of idioms related to the weather.

Idioms About Red

Five sets of idioms related to the color red.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

Describing Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?