You don't need to be a food critic to describe your meal accurately! A series of activities introduce learners to vivid adjectives when writing about the taste, smell, and feel of food. After working with word choice, parts of a sentence, and adverbs of frequency, they write a description of a food without naming what the food is.

Concepts

food, adjectives, word choice, descriptive writing, imagery, the five senses, Articles, adverbs of frequency

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members work through the packet over the course of a week in small groups or with an instructional aide
• Invite learners to bring in the foods that they describe in their writing

Classroom Considerations

• Helpful for both mainstream classes and English learners
• Much of the packet is in color; consider projecting it on the board to prevent copying in black and white, as pupils need to write about how the foods actually look

Pros

• Addresses vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills
• An engaging activity that is applicable to all learners

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.4.10 W.5.10 L.4.1.a L.4.4.a L.5.1.a L.5.4.a W.6.10 W.7.10 W.8.10 L.6.1.a L.6.4.a L.7.1.a L.7.4.a L.8.1.a L.8.4.a