[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify and explain the meaning of figurative language including personification and idiom. Lessons are based on the books Once in a Blue Moon by Nicola Morgan, The Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel, and More Parts by Tedd Arnold. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice. With free login, users have access to worksheets used in this lesson.