This document provides learning objectives, activates prior knowledge, and develops concepts around understanding figurative and metaphorical language. It aims to teach students to understand and explain the figurative and metaphorical use of words in context. Examples are provided of common metaphors like "You are a star!" and "killing two birds with one stone" to engage students. Figurative language is defined as speech or writing that means something other than its literal meaning, and metaphors are described as comparisons between two unlike things that suggest a likeness.

1. Language Arts
EDI
Standard:
Students will understand and
explain the figurative and
metaphorical use of words in a
context.

2. Learning Objective
•I will understand and
explain the figurative and
metaphorical use of words
in a context.

3. Activating Prior Knowledge
• Have you heard of the metaphor, “You are
a star!”?
• What do you think this metaphor means?
• Have you heard of the metaphor,
“killing two birds with one stone”?
• What do you think it means?