07 unit 1 social networks idioms

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American Idioms (Not Idol!!)

A Homemade PowerPoint Game

By

Ulampee Kareeratana

The University of Georgia

The competition!

Game Directions

Story

Credits

Copyright Notice

Game Preparation

Objectives

Game Pieces


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The Story of the American Idioms (Not Idol!!)

Hi! Im Eye-an Secret. Welcome to the American Idioms, this

competition is not a singing contest but it will bring you to find a new

American Idioms Expert. The competitors will be eliminated one by one

from the stage when they lose their votersto 0. And the last person on the

stage will be a WINNER.

Now its time to find out who is the winner. Good luck with your

competition.

Home Page


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Game DirectionsThe goal of the game is to help the players to be able to

understand some American IdiomsTo play the game you have to match the idioms and their correctmeaning.

At the beginning, each competitor or player will own 5voters

If you match the idiom and its meaning right, you can keep yourvoters. But if you get it wrong, you will lose 1 voter.

To win the game, you have to try to keep your voters as much asyou can by getting the question right. If you are not sure, youcan pass the question to other competitor, if he/she gets itwrong, you get one of his/her voters but if he/she gets it right,

you lose one to him/her.The competitors will be eliminated when they have 0 voter. Andthe last person or the person who owns the most voters will bethe winner

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Game Preparation

Print the next slide (slide5 and 6), cut

out all voters and pass 5 voters to

each competitors

To start the game go to the

competition page (slide 10), or you

may print it out in order to memorize

the idiom that already used

Home Page


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Game PiecesThe Voters

Return


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Game PiecesThe Voters

Return


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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game

at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

Originally designed by Ulampee Kareeratana, The University of Georgia,

April 24, 2005 with the title American Idioms (Not Idol!!).

This Project is a part of EDIT6150 class Spring 2005 by Dr.Lloyd Rieber

and his assistant Dawn Lauscher (Thank you for your instruction andassistance)

To find out more about Homemade PowerPoint Game

go to

All Images were used in this game are from Microsoft Clip Art

HomePage
http://it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/pptgames


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Educational Objectives Audience

This game is designed for International Students from any exchange

program

Subject Area Objectives

Students will be able to recognize the meaning of American Idioms and usethem properly

This game is designed in order to help the international students learn more

about American-English Idioms which they might have to use in classroom

or daily life

Home Page


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Copyright

Copyright 2005 Ulampee Kareeratana

Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and

students of non-profit schools.

Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profitschools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the

condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of

the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their

names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names

already there.

Home Page


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Time for the competition American Idioms!

Pick your idiom by its beginning word

Home Page GameDirections

A All

Beat Beside

At

Big

DirtyCookCheck

GiveGiveGhost

Make Over Pick Put

In

Down

Burn

Back

Two

Ins

Face

Bury

Be

Vanish

Know

Get

Catch

Beat


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Burn the midnight oil

Stay up late studying

Ready, prepared

Angry

Back to the competition!


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Beat ones brain out

Angry

Get information from an expert

Work vigorously, very hard



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Dirty look

Homeless

Angry or displeased look

Not clean



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Get away with

Disappear

Go unpunished (to receive no punishment)

Travel to somewhere with someone



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Vanish into thin air

Stay up late studying

Disappear suddenly

Can not breath



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Be all ears

Listen attentively

Be careful

Get ready



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Make no secret of

Reveal, tell openly

Listen attentively

Give someone a chance



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Beat around the bush

In a similar situation

Details

Not to be direct, not to say exactly what you

want



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A man of his word

Sale person

Someone who doesnt break his promise

Someone who tell a story



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Check up on

Make sure

Investigate

Ready, be prepared



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Ins and outs

Details

Advantage and disadvantage

Inside and outside



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In the same boat

Be friends

In a similar situation Neighbor



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Over ones head

Cant be understood, too hard

Be experienced, know how to do something

Very important person



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Put our heads together

Discuss, share the ideas

Cant be understood, too hard

Be friends



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Know the ropes

Deal with difficult situation with courage

Get information by asking an expert

Be experienced, know how to do something



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Back on ones feet

To be back to the beginning

To return to good financial situation

To get up



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Pick the brains of


Buy something important

Have a good friend



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All set

Ready, prepared

Make peace

Not late



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Face the music


Deal with a difficult situation with courage

Slightly chance, very little chance



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Give someone the cold shoulder

Be friend

Ignore, treat someone in an unfriendly way

Help someone pay for something



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Ghost of a chance

Confused

Do something wrong

Slightest chance, very little chance



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Give someone a piece of ones mind

Express ones opinion frankly, and in a

severe or angry way

Tell someone about a story

Tell the lie



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Bury the hatchet

Make peace

Ruin everything

Be quiet



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Big shot

Very big chance

Very important person

Very important place



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Down and out

Broke, no money

Details

Ruins ones opportunity



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Cook ones goose

Disloyal, untrustworthy

Ruin ones opportunity

Make dinner for someone



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Two-faced

Disloyal, untrustworthy

A twin

Change his/her mind easily



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At sea

Very wide

Comfortable

Confused



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Catch ones eye

Be attractive

Look after someone

Very angry at someone



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Beside the point

Out of topic

Be close to someone

Moreover



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Great Job!! Thats right!!

Keep your voter and get ready to thenext idiom



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Sorry!! Wrong answer

You just lost one voter!! Try again


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