A "Fork in the Road!" - Exploring Figurative Language and Multi-Meaning Words

In this ongoing class, which will meet once a week for 30 minutes, learners will have fun advancing their vocabulary learning about words and phrases that have multiple meanings.  They will examine figurative language phrases which can be taken literally such as in the class image shown with a "fork in the road" or taken non-literally to mean as a decision one must make as in "coming to a fork in the road," or even as in seeing where a road splits off into two different directions, as yet, another meaning for "fork in the road." 

Learners will also study many multiple-meaning words and learn the variety of ways that they are used such as in the words "drive" and "coat."  For example, "My mom wanted to drive us to McDonalds for lunch, but she said the attitude of the cashier may drive the people away!" OR "We need a second coat of paint on the house, but, first, I need to put on a coat.  It's cold outside!"

Learners will explore words and phrases like that in a fun way to increase their capacity to creatively express themselves orally and in writing, to understand when others use these types of words and phrases, and to be able to understand the nuances of the English language when they see it in writing.  Learners will have opportunities to write and/or verbally share the phrases in class in sentences or stories of their own.  

Our lesson objectives are achieved through conversations, PowerPoint slides, games, fill-in-the blanks activities, and to show the universal nature and relevance of figurative language and words with multiple meanings in everyday use, I may occasionally show child-friendly YouTube music clips and/or the website, Flocabulary, to show how certain types of figurative language are used in rhymes and songs.