Devon TS #8

 Hang-ah Kim

7/20/21

1:50 PM - 2:50 PM

Today Hang-ah and I continued our conversation about idioms. In the beginning of the lesson, we watched a video from YouTuber, Domics, about the origins and oddities of American idioms. This was helpful in that it introduced a few more idioms, explained their origin in an entertaining way, as well as gave examples of their usage using visuals. As we watched the video, I wrote down all of the idioms that were listed so that I could go back over them in depth with Hang-ah. In particular, we reviewed:

Beat around the bush

Take it with a grain of salt

Raining cats and dogs

Turn a blind eye

Eat your heart out 

In a pickle

It is all downhill from here

Tickled pink

Wouldn’t be caught/seen dead

Happy as a clam

Goodie-two-shoes

Piece of cake/pie

No brainer

Bob’s your uncle 

Pulling my leg

Twisting my arm 

The ball is in your court

No use crying over spilt milk

Following going over the idioms, I presented Hang-ah with some fill in the blank sentences where she applied these idioms.

Finally, we ended the session by reading two articles about how people help animals in different ways. One was about a vet who sutured up a frog the size of a fingernail, while the other was about a man who made prosthetics for animals without limbs. We tackled any unfamiliar vocabulary, and did comprehension checks throughout.