👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will apply idiom - break the ice using the examples and practice below.

Vocabulary
break the ice

Teaching Notes

• Model one response, then ask students to work independently and explain their choices with specific words or evidence.
• Teach the rule, discuss the worked example, and cover answers during practice.
• Use incorrect responses to identify which part of the rule needs another example.
• Allow approximately 25–35 minutes, including discussion and independent practice.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Big Idea
An idiom has a meaning that is not simply the literal meanings of its words.

A funny introduction helped break the ice.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — help people feel comfortable together

Words to Learn

break the ice

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for help people feel comfortable together is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What does break the ice mean?
2. Is the example meant literally?
3. Rewrite the example without the idiom.
4. Why might a literal reading confuse someone?
5. Give a situation where the idiom fits.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

Write a short paragraph applying the skill. Underline your evidence or target words and explain one choice.

Reflection

• Explain one thing you learned.
• Write a short paragraph applying the skill. Underline your evidence or target words and explain one choice.