Put the VT to work in your classroom Learning Idioms in ESL
Lesson Question:How can the Visual Thesaurus help ESL students
learn the meanings of some common English language idioms?
Lesson Overview:In this lesson, small groups of ESL students
will use the Visual Thesaurus to assist them in figuring out the
meanings of some common English language idioms. Students will
then create visual images to present their assigned idioms to
the class-demonstrating how idioms can be interpreted both
figuratively and literally. Length of Lesson:One hour to one
hour and a half Instructional Objectives:Students will: - learn
the definition of "idiom" - analyze the meanings of some common
English language idioms - synthesize their knowledge of idioms
by presenting literal and figurative interpretations of some
idioms through visual images - student notebooks - white board -
computers with Internet access - five small slips of paper or
index cards (each with a list of three English language idioms
written on it) - markers (eno