Lesson 81: Adjectives; describing our classmate, Exams of Grammar and Composition

Download Lesson 81: Adjectives; describing our classmate and more Exams Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! Title: Adjectives; describing our classmate Author: Pattie Trebus Level: Upper beginning; elementary school Purpose of the activity: The learner will understand what an adjective is and how to use adjectives in descriptions. Type of activity:  Whole class discussion; individual work  Learners will sit and face front to see teacher and board  Classroom setting Objective: The learner will understand what an adjective is and how to use adjectives in order to describe themselves and their classmates. Vocabulary: An adjective; to describe a classmate; how do you describe yourself?; a noun; the verb to be—present and past (am, is, are, was were); plural or singular; articles a and an; positive adjectives such as those listed at end of activity; before a noun; phrases Materials: White board; dry erase marker; scrap paper; white paper 9 ½”X13”; crayons or markers; stencil with large capital letters (optional) Teaching Note: This lesson is for students who have acquired more vocabulary and can write adjectives. This lesson should stress that the adjectives used to describe a classmate must be positive and therefore pairing up of friends for this activity is recommended. The teacher may opt to explain and use the list of positive adjectives at the end of this lesson. Procedure: 1. Begin the lesson by writing “How do you describe yourself?” “I am _______________” on the board. Ask a student to read the question and to fill in the blank with a word. Write the student’s response on the board and ask several other students to read the question and answer. What type of word is in the blank? An adjective. Adjectives describe nouns and in this case, the adjectives describe a person. Ask the students what other kinds of words adjectives describe—places or things. 2. Analyze adjectives with the students. Ask the students where they see adjectives in a sentence. An adjective can come after the verb Be (am, is, are, was, were). Give several examples such as “Ann is pretty” and “Derek is quiet.” Adjectives can also come before the noun. Give several examples such as “a pretty girl” or “a quiet boy.” The articles a and an come before the adjective when the noun is singular. Adjectives do not change and nothing is added to them when the noun is plural. Ask the students if they can think of any more examples of adjectives used before the noun or after the verb be. 3. Tell the students that they are going to ask each other to describe themselves. Remember to tell the students that during this lesson you are only thinking of positive adjectives as we are thinking of nice and polite ways to describe our friends and classmates. Write the following question on the board: “How would you describe yourself?” or “What is a positive word to describe yourself?” Next, pair up the students and model the procedure for the activity. Each student will ask the question to his or her classmate, wait at least a minute for a response, and then write the response(s) on paper. Have the students ask each other the question and ask the students to write their answers on a piece of scrap paper. Give the