teaching resource

Individual Idiom Posters

  • Updated

    Updated:  13 Aug 2016

A set of posters showing idioms and their meaning.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  11 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  3 - 7

Curriculum

  • VC2E5LE04

    Compare the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in prose and poetry <ul> <li>discussing how figurative language, including simile and metaphor, can make use of a comparison between different things</li> <li>discussing how, by appealing to the imagination, figurative language provides new ways of looking at the world</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LE05

    Create texts, experimenting with vocabulary, figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from literary texts they have encountered <ul> <li>drawing upon fiction elements in a range of model texts, such as main idea, characterisation and setting (time and place), and devices such as figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification) to experiment with new, creative ways of communicating ideas, experiences and stories in literary texts</li> <li>creating a visual map, which may include digital mind maps, of figurative language, storylines, characters and settings in a text that may inspire their own writing</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LY07

    Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created <ul> <li>describing how ideas in texts are conveyed by vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions and the way that these can change according to time and place</li> <li>describing how ideas in texts reflect the social expectations of the time and place in which they were created</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LA03

    Explain how different types of texts are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases depending on purposes, recognising how authors often adapt text structures and language features <ul> <li>exploring a range of everyday, community, literary and informative texts, discussing elements of text structure and language features, and comparing the overall structure and effect of authors’ choices in 2 or more texts</li> <li>examining a text to identify strategies such as exaggeration to create humour</li> <li>recognising that texts are organised into stages, such as an introduction, and that introductions may be divided into phases; for example, the introduction stage of a narrative may begin with a phase that is a ‘hook’ or a flashback</li> <li>explaining the characteristic stages and phases in reviews, discussing alternative positions or historical recounts, and identifying any adaptations of typical structures or language features</li> </ul>  

  • VC2E6LA08

    Examine how authors use vivid vocabulary and figurative language, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole <ul> <li>exploring how figurative language (for example, metaphors, personification and idioms) can be used to create vivid and less predictable shades of meaning</li> <li>identifying authors’ use of vivid and emotive vocabulary in persuasive texts, for example the vocabulary used in reviews</li> <li>discussing texts, using vocabulary to name text structure, literary devices and language features; for example, using words that name the literary device used in a poem</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LY09

    Create different types of texts, written and spoken, with developed and organised ideas for purpose and audience, and multimodal elements as appropriate <ul> <li>planning a report on a topic, sequencing ideas logically and providing supporting detail (including graphics, sound and visuals) to enhance audience engagement and understanding</li> <li>creating informative texts for 2 different audiences that explore a topic using text structure and language features for the identified audiences, noting the changes required to appeal to each audience</li> <li>using rhetorical devices, images and modal verbs for persuasive effects, for an identified audience</li> <li>selecting and combining digital tools to create texts</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LY10

    Re-read and edit their own texts and the texts of others using agreed criteria and exploring editing choices <ul> <li>discussing the setting in a literary text with a peer during the editing process, and experimenting with literary devices that may enhance the setting</li> <li>re-reading and editing their own and others’ work using negotiated criteria for text structure, meaning and accuracy of grammar, spelling and punctuation, and explaining editing choices as required</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Individual Idiom Posters

  • Updated

    Updated:  13 Aug 2016

A set of posters showing idioms and their meaning.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  11 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  3 - 7

A set of posters showing idioms and their meaning.

Use this set of idiom posters to teach this type of figurative language to your students.

 

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