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Developing Students' Vocabulary Range for Describing People
Students develop vocabulary for describing people.
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Adjectives English Grammar Worksheet
For this adjectives worksheet, students read ten sentences and circle the adjectives. There are no examples provided on the page.
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Box of Chocolate Adjectives
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...
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Adjectives
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.
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Adjectives
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,...
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Tie
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.
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Describing Words
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.
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Adjectives
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...
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Adjective? What's an Adjective?
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.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Word Literacy: Adjective Detective
A collection of animated lessons on adjectives, followed by a simple quiz and detective game. comparative describing superlative
CPALMS
Cpalms: Reading With Our Eyes, Fingers, Toes, Ears and Nose
[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...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Fantastic Pictures
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.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Describe My Toy!
In this lesson 3rd to 5th graders learn to use adjectives and adverbs to write sentences and paragraphs describing students' favorite toys.
abcteach
Abcteach: Adjective Worksheet [Pdf]
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Describing Words
[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.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Touch and Feel Box
Students will identify objects through their sense of touch and increase vocabulary skills by using describing words. Lesson plan for K-2nd grades.
Other
Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock Adjectives
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.