t    Teaching idioms and learning them can be fun Learning outcomes Assignment procedure The student rewrites the texts clarifying the idioms in them The student uses all the mentioned idioms to describe herself/himself The student explores the city,presents its sights and activities the tourists can get  engaged in,sketches the sights with a pencil The student creates a slide show with descriptions of the city sights 4 go exploring their native city and create personal achievements They go exploring the historic core of Split with Diocletian’s Palace and its sights:vestibule, mausoleum and Peristyle Petar is saying:“Diocletian's Palace is considered to be the main attraction of  the city of Split, Croatia.These remains  are some of the most valuable surviving buildings of the Roman era on the Adriatic coast.Emperor Diocletian,  had  the palace built and after his retirement  he settled here, in the Illyrian province of Rome.The so-called palace is a massive structure and contains not only the palace itself  but also buildings.The whole complex occupied around 30,000 square meters in the past. Today these ruins lie in the heart of the city of Split.Emperor Diocletian had a wish to enter his palace on a ship, without having to leave the deck. Over the time, the sea receded, and the city emerged around the palace.Not much is left in Split from the era of Diocletian today: only the palace, the remains of  the walls and the gates. I found my personal fulfilment designing Diocletian's palace's 3d animation which was my dream  challenge.People kept telling me : “Sounds like a lot of work to do. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.”When I finished it I was all ears.In the beginning it was tough but I said to myself Hang in there!“ Ivan is saying:“ It is important  to create depth and set proportions in your 3d drawing.I usually make  spacial organisation of the site visible.My work turned out to be  a blessing in disguise and I  spent a lot of time doing it.When I finished it I fell  on top of the world.“ Megi is saying:“My number one is the sights inside  Diocletian's Palace.I thought it would be a piece of cake but I was all in  after having visualised my final results.When my teacher saw my work she was surprised and Cut me some slack!“ Ante Dražen is very skilled and talented at drawing famous buildings.When you’re enjoying something time seems to move faster Time flies when you’re having fun! An idiom is a phrase or a group of words,when taken together, has a meaning that is different from that of each individual word.  Idioms are very important when learning English because they are used in everyday communication and can help you sound more like a native.  Practise idioms Rewrite the sentences with idioms so that the meaning remains the same Your task is to use these idioms to describe yourself : bite off more than you can chew , all ears,hang in there!, a blessing in disguise , feel on top of the world, number one,a piece of cake,be all in,Cut me some slack!, Time flies when you’re having fun! If you have completed all your tasks including exploring your city and creating a slide show you can geta n exit card.      

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