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Level 4.0 - 5.9

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Activity for Standard 21
Benchmark: 21.8

Title: Illustrating Adjectives
Contributor: Karen Shipman
Materials: pen/pencil; art materials; handout on Adjectives
Activities:

Students work in groups of 2-3 people choosing appropriate words to fit into each blank of the paragraph. The groups do an illustration of their paragraph. The teacher requests that each listener checks the inserted words to be sure they are appropriate for the context. Each group reads their paragraph and explains their illustration. The teacher asks the class to tell the job/function of adjectives in sentences. The teacher discusses the difference between general and specific adjectives, and gives each group time to change some of their choices to be more specific and interesting. The entire group then discusses any changes made and their reasons for doing so.

Additional information:
All parts of speech can be reviewed using the CLOZE format as an easy study reference for each one. Writing exercises could follow where students would create their own "scary," "scientific," "historic," etc. paragraph.