Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Developing Students' Vocabulary Range for Describing People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop vocabulary for describing people.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Adjectives English Grammar Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this adjectives worksheet, students read ten sentences and circle the adjectives. There are no examples provided on the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Box of Chocolate Adjectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using descriptive words. In this adjectives instructional activity, students are given a piece of candy and write as many descriptive words as they can about the candy. Students make sure to use descriptions that...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adjectives activity, students read and analyze 15 sentences and write the adjectives on the lines. Note: There is an error in the directions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adjectives worksheet, students copy the sentences and add in adjectives to make the sentence more interesting. Students then write 5 adjectives to describe the following items: racing car, teddy bear, sword, teapot, cottage,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tie

For Students K - 1st
In this writing instructional activity, students write sentences telling about pictures of a tie. Students fill in only the word on the first sentence. By the fourth sentence, they are writing the entire sentence.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Describing Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders brainstorm adjectives, recognize adjectives within text read by teacher, identify sentences that contain adjectives using Hyperstudio stack, and write two descriptive sentences for abstract image they create.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC Skillswise offers many ways to help students understand adjectives. There is a factsheet, a game which involves using adjectives in an ad, three quizzes, and a worksheet. Since this is a British resource, it also provides an...
Lesson Plan
Organization for Community Networks

Ofcn: Adjective? What's an Adjective?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is an adjective? This site features a lesson plan that will allow students to think creatively and work in small groups. This will sharpen your grammar skills.
Interactive
University of Manchester

Children's University of Manchester: Word Literacy: Adjective Detective

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A collection of animated lessons on adjectives, followed by a simple quiz and detective game. comparative describing superlative
Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Reading With Our Eyes, Fingers, Toes, Ears and Nose

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, learners are learning to identify sensory words in their reading, specifically in poetry. Students will gain a perspective on how authors use sensory words to portray their ideas. They...
Lesson Plan
Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Fantastic Pictures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Learners have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.
Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Describe My Toy!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson 3rd to 5th graders learn to use adjectives and adverbs to write sentences and paragraphs describing students' favorite toys.
Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Adjective Worksheet [Pdf]

For Students 2nd Standards
This site features a worksheet on adjectives. Students look at a picture of a cow and choose adjectives to describe it. They then use those words in sentences.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Describing Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Children are able to identify describing words in sentences and pictures. They then are able to brainstorm describing words about a picture and write sentences using the words.
Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Touch and Feel Box

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will identify objects through their sense of touch and increase vocabulary skills by using describing words. Lesson plan for K-2nd grades.
Primary
Other

Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a personal site which quotes song lyrics to help you learn about adjectives and their role in sentences. This is quoted from the popular 1970s cartoon series, Schoolhouse Rock.