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Vocabulary: explaining the metaphor: lesson plans

Level: starter/beginner, advanced, elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

Lesson plans aimed at helping you approach teaching metaphors with your students.

Metaphors: Winning – worksheet and teacher's notes (129k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: advanced, intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases related to winning and losing in sports.
Metaphors: Time is money – worksheet and teacher's notes (151k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: intermediate Type: general lesson plan

The aim is to highlight the metaphorical concept in English that time is money.
Metaphors: Responsibilities are like weights – worksheet and teacher's notes (289k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: advanced, intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and expressions related to responsibility.
Metaphors: Money is a liquid – worksheet and teacher's notes (299k)

Level: advanced Type: general lesson plan

The aim is to introduce between ten and fifteen expressions connected to money in a business/professional context with an emphasis on meaning and using the phrases.
Metaphors: Making mistakes – worksheet and teacher's notes (117k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several phrases related to making mistakes.
Metaphors: Life is a journey – worksheet and teacher's notes (318k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: pre-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases describing life experiences.
Metaphors: It's all in your mind – worksheet and teacher's notes (310k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words related to the mind.
Metaphors: Intelligence is a light – worksheet and teacher's notes (371k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words related to intelligence.
Metaphors: Honesty and dishonesty – worksheet and teacher's notes (171k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: advanced Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases related to honesty and dishonesty.
Metaphors: Happy and sad – worksheet and teacher's notes (348k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words or phrases related to the emotions of happiness and sadness.
Metaphors: Anger is heat – worksheet and teacher's notes (108k)

Author: Lindsay Clandfield Level: intermediate, upper-intermediate Type: general lesson plan

To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases related to anger.
Metaphors: AIDS – worksheet and teacher's notes (299k)

Level: advanced Type: general lesson plan

To highlight some of the metaphors in English that surround the treatment of diseases like AIDS and cancer.