Let's look at some idioms with "give." "I'll give it to you straight, Babcock. You lack the killer instinct." Add the phrasal verb up,...

See if your students can replace the "that" that has been removed for ease of speech - or take it out... "First of all, forget everything...

Explore the auxiliary verb "would" with these cartoons! "I'd like to bounce a check." "You'd make a formidable enemy!"

"If you listen carefully, you can hear the waves." "I can lick any man within sight! "Big date tonight, Dad. Can I borrow the sweater?"...

Here are a couple of cartoons that involve the phrase "going to:" The full caption reads: "I got my ticket for three dollars over the...

Here's a compilation of cartoons that I felt could be used even in a beginning English class. The verbs are in the present tense. "We...

The full caption to this cartoon is "Come on, come on! Stop playing detective and sniff like the rest." I love this introduction to a...

Some fun things about the language in this caption: According to Wikipedia, the line "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" is a...

Check out some of the language in this caption to explore. Strong exclamations expressing surprise, anger, or impatience: For...

Want authentic English? Start with a cartoon. I'll be posting a series of cartoons taken from "The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles...

I love this idea: empower students to speak and read and form sentences all through the power of touch. Here's the gist: Take a short...

I love making powerpoints. They lend themselves to visuals. It's easy to add music and video to them. Plus - you can project them onto...

I've been wondering about the different senses of OVER an how they all fit together. Look at these different senses of the phrasal verb...

Let's visualize OVER in our minds. It is... A girl combing her hair A hand turning the pages of a book A bridge across a river A glance...

I really think so much meaning stems from the core schemas. So far we have covered the UP-DOWN spatial axis, and the PATH schema for UP....

I love metaphors. They lend themselves to imagery and they are endlessly creative. And they form much of what is creative and beautiful...

You've already seen a lesson on "UP is higher on a vertical axis." But what if that axis becomes a path? We now access the metaphor: ...

If you want to create a graphic for the classroom you have two choices: abstract image, or descriptive image. The abstract image is an...

This was one of my first videos about image schemas and conceptual metaphors. It's a bit scholarly, but it really goes into depth about...

Metaphors are great, but they need a bit of organization before they can be applied pedagogically, otherwise it's just so much more...