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| What are idioms? |
| 10.30.03 (7:20 pm) [edit] |
The English language has thousands of idioms. idioms are expressions in which the meaning of the whole expression has a different meaning from the meanings of the individual words.
If you want to understand a language, you have to know what the idioms in that language mean. You have to figure out its "hidden" meaning, not the literal meaning.
I am working with a great little group of fifth graders who are excited to be learning about idioms.
So we are going to talk about idioms, their meanings, and their origins. We may illustrate them, write sentences, tell stories, and use idioms because we love learning about language. Some of us have spoken English all our lives and some are just learning. this blog is going to be a place where we can read and speak with new understanding and have lots of fun as we learn! The next post will spotlight our first idiom that we will be studying and enjoying using in many ways!
We want to give credit to [b][i]Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms [/i][/b]by Marvin Terban. It is the best book to learn idioms because it gives definitions and origins of idioms. We love this book. It is fun to read and we're learning a lot.
We get a kick out of learning about idioms!
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