Saying One Thing, Meaning Another

Clarify tricky language skills with engaging, ready-to-use activities!

Saying One Thing, Meaning Another provides educators and therapists with a comprehensive collection of activities to help students understand ambiguous language. With 270 reproducible pages, this resource makes it easier to teach higher-level language skills such as idioms, multiple meaning words, irony, and sarcasm in a structured, engaging way.

What makes this resource so effective?

• Provides more than 270 pages of illustrated, reproducible activities
• Covers multiple meaning words, idioms, proverbs, irony, sarcasm, and polite requests
• Uses a cognitive approach to strengthen comprehension of ambiguous language
• Suitable for individuals with typical development, language learning disorders, hearing impairments, brain injury, and ESL students

Why this learning approach works so well:

• Builds higher-level language comprehension in a structured, accessible way
• Encourages students to think beyond literal meanings and make inferences
• Supports social communication growth by targeting humor, sarcasm, and indirect language
• Offers flexible activities that can be adapted to individual or group settings

Who is Saying One Thing, Meaning Another helpful for?

This resource targets language comprehension and inference development in students in grades 4 and up. Saying One Thing, Meaning Another is an educational resource for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, teachers, and parents. Its versatility makes this resource great for various learning environments, including small or large groups in the classroom, in one-on-one speech therapy sessions, or at home.

Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, teachers, and parents love this resource

• Packed with a wealth of practical information and activities
• Highly effective for middle and high school students, including those on the autism spectrum
• Provides engaging ways to teach non-literal language, humor, and conversational inferences
• Organized, easy-to-use format with examples that reduce student frustration
• Works across a wide range of clients and therapy needs

Saying One Thing, Meaning Another includes:

• 270 illustrated, reproducible pages (8½" x 11")
• Perfect-bound, softcover format
• Activities addressing:
  • Multiple meaning words
  • Idioms and proverbs
  • Indirect and direct polite requests
  • Polite evasions
  • Irony and sarcasm