This lesson contains 43 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
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Welcome! Today : Proverb game
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Today
Aim of the day
What are proverbs?
Explaining the game
Making the teams
Playing the game
Revealing the winner
Aim check
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Aim
At the end of class, I will have expanded my vocabulary by playing a game about English proverbs
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Question: What is a proverb?
Question: What is an idiom?
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An proverb is:
A saying or expression that is often used to express truth or to give advice.
Do you know any proverbs in Dutch? And in English?
Discuss with a neighbour for 1 minute.
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Let's hear your answers!
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How does it work?
Played in teams of 4. Only 1 laptop per team
Log into LessonUp with your team number (e.g. Team 3)
For every proverb, discuss in English what it could mean for about a minute
Write down the meaning in English and submit your answer
The teacher is the judge
The team with most points wins!
No cheating! Don't look it up on Google, that's no fun!
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Time to make teams!
The teacher will make teams now.
Sit together with your team and have 1 person bring a laptop.
Log into the LessonUp with your team number.
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Are you ready? Remember, discuss in English as much as you can!
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Proverb #1: Strike while the iron is hot.
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Meaning:
Take action when an opportunity or chance arises, for it may not happen again!
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Proverb #2: Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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Meaning:
When too many people want to do the same thing at the same time, there might be trouble!
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Proverb #3: Beggars can't be choosers.
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Meaning:
You should accept what you get offered for free!
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Proverb #4: Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Meaning:
If someone is bad to you, it does not mean that being bad to them too will make things good again.
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Proverb #5: Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
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Meaning:
Don't force yourself to do too much you can handle, otherwise you cannot focus on what you're doing.
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Proverb #6:
You made your bed, now you have to lie in it.
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Meaning:
You have to live with the consequences of your own actions.
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Proverb #7: It's no use to cry over spilled milk.
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Meaning:
Don't waste time on worrying about things you can't change.
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Proverb #8: Ignorance is bliss.
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Meaning:
Sometimes it's better to not know about something, because it might just be very uncomfortable or hurtful.
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Proverb #9: Close but no cigar.
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Meaning:
When you almost have something right, but aren't completely correct. Or when you almost succeed, but don't make it in the end.
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Proverb #10: To beat around the bush.
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Meaning:
To avoid saying what you actually mean, usually because it might be uncomfortable.
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Proverb #11: To hit the hay.
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Meaning:
To go to bed.
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Proverb #12: To bark up the wrong tree.
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Meaning:
To be looking for solutions in the wrong place, or to be mistaken.
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Proverb #13: To do a rain check.
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Meaning:
To postpone a plan. (To do it later)
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Proverb #14: To throw caution to the wind.
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Meaning:
To take a risk.
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Proverb #15: A stitch in time saves nine.
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Meaning:
It's better to fix a problem before it gets worse in the future.
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That was the game!
But before we reveal the winner:
What did you think of today's class? Give it a grade between 1 (terrible) and 10 (fantastic) Write down a tip for the teacher. This can also be in Dutch!