Introduction
Students use their knowledge of word relationships, as well as  literary context clues, to determine the meaning of specialized vocabulary and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate figurative language.

Language Arts
Topic: Metaphors, similes, idioms, analogies
Grade Level: 8
Student page 

Standard Addressed

Instructional Objectives

1. Given examples of text containing figurative language, students will classify phrases into the following categories: similes, metaphors, idioms, and analogies.
2. After analyzing a variety of phrases, students will be able to interpret literal and figurative meanings by providing translations.
3. Students will be able to use figurative language in their own writings.

Student Activities
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Introductory Activity
View film clip from "Renaissance Man" in which Danny DeVito is teaching Shakespeare to army rockheads and uses examples of figurative language.

Read Sandra Cisneros' short story "A Smart Cookie/Bien aguila"

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Culminating Activity
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Assessment
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Results
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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity

A bazillion similes
An idiom a day

Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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School Name
School Location
Matt Phillips cmattp@icoe.k12.ca.us
Last Revised: 00/00/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page)