Idioms That Use Animal Vocabulary - Off2Class ESL Lesson Plan

• ESL
• Secondary Education
• Age 11-13

Guess the meaning of the idiom from the context of the sentence

Guess the meaning of the idiom from the context of the sentence

Use an idiom to make a sentence

To feel like a fish out of water . . .

Match the idiom with its meaning

A rat race is a way of life . . .

Match the image with the sentence below

the elephant in the room . . .

Sometimes we can use animals in reference to people

Sometimes we can use animals reference to people

Complete the idiom with the correct animal

Idioms using animals

Idioms using animals

Idioms using animals

Complete the idiom with an animal

Complete the idiom with an animal

Complete the idiom with an animal

Complete the idiom with an animal

Complete the idiom with an animal

What advice can you give?

What advice can you give?

Assignment animal idioms

Last week was a wild goose chase from the beginning. I was trying to find my missing homework, but no one had seen it. My brother said I was crying wolf again, but I knew it was gone for real. When I asked my friend Lily for help, she said she was busy as a bee and couldn’t come over. My teacher, Mr. Green, who is usually as cool as a cat, started to look worried. “Don’t be a scaredy-cat,” he said. “We’ll figure this out.”