The cards are placed face down on the table. Students each pick a card and try to match it with the correct idiom. Students take their idioms to a mainstream class. They take turns holding up their pictures for classmates to guess what the idiom is. If the idiom is not guessed, they show the second page.
Work is hung in the hallway for everyone to enjoy.
The main character in the story experiences a series of emotions which lend themselves to introducing idioms. The students determined that Pa Lia had a big heart. They then brainstormed situations during which they had done something to show that they had a big heart. Using the heart in the downloadable PDF file, students wrote their deed on the front of a heart shaped sheet of paper and drew a picture on the second sheet. Here are some of the excellent sites available to you for other Valentine's Day activities.