What type of graphic organizer(s) might the student require in order to visually represent and organize the concepts, feelings, or behaviors that relate to this particular topic?
Graphic organizers are great tools for visually clarifying the expansive, abstract concepts involved with interpreting idioms and sarcasm. As you introduce this topic, you might use a visual organizer like the one below:
Here is one chart that includes a list of workplace idioms, the actual meaning of each idiom, and its usage within a sentence. Use this chart to identify specific targets for instruction. If you intend to provide this chart to the student, consider breaking it down into chunks, as it is an overwhelming list. Also consider how you might develop a new version of this chart, where you provide the idiom and a sentence in which it might be included, but then the student provides the actual meaning of the idiom. Over time, perhaps the student generates the sentence in which the idiom is included.
To support the student in making accurate discriminations between sarcasm versus “true” statements during observed role-plays and video scenarios, consider the use of a graphic organizer that identified key elements (note that this also serves as a visual reminder cue to which the student can refer in future situations):
"Interpreting Idioms And Sarcasm - Graphic Organizer - Sarcasm"
Is there a way to visually or thematically incorporate the student’s interests into this graphic organizer to increase motivation and engagement?
Many students will enjoy visually depicting the idiom by drawing it, or by pulling images from the internet or magazines to portray that idiom. Here is one worksheet that the student might use to draw what the idiom “looks like” in their mind, and to identify what the idiom really means. In most cases, it is appropriate for you to provide the idiom that goes in the first column of this worksheet.
What additional visual clarity cues (e.g. icons, bolding, highlighting, color-coding) might you add to the graphic organizer to clarify concepts and to direct attention to key details?
In order to align this intervention topic area with the unique needs of the student, do you need to create a graphic organizer in the View2do program?