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Grade: 2nd
Subject: Literacy; Grammar
II. Objectives:
1. Students will independently brainstorm a list of adjectives that describe an apple.
2. Working in collaborative partnerships, students will identify and modify nouns within a
provided sentence to generate descriptive adjectives.
3. Students will revise writing pieces from their Writers Workshop notebook/folder by
adding vivid adjectives.
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Materials:
5 Apples, SmartBoard, individual dry erase boards, dry erase markers and erasers, prepared
sentence strips (tan and blue), glue and scissors, black/brown marker, partner cards, reminder
cards, exit slips.
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IV.
Anticipatory Set
Introduce myself to the class
Today we will be having lots of fun and describing nouns (person, place, thing or
idea)!
Pass out an apple out to each table while describing: Today we are going to
focus on describing words because when we write, description is extremely
important. So, when the reader reads your writing, a picture is being painted in
their head or the reader can see it like a movie. (Writers Workshop)
V. Guided Practice
We are going to write a sentence about this apple. I will take a bite of my
interesting, 1 or 2? Sentence 2!
Pass out dry erase boards and markers
The students will have 1 minute to write a list of at least 5 words to describe
the apple.
Examples: What does the apple look like? red, small, circular
and Share!
Invite the students to share their words describing the apple and make a list on
the SmartBoard
These words are called: ADJECTIVES
Write the definition on the board. Adjectives are words that describe a noun.
descriptive words spice up your writing and keep the reader interested!
Lets take a look at this sentence: The boys cat ran up a tree.
How can we make the sentence more descriptive interesting... exciting
spicy? Model:
What kind of boy was it? Young.
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What kid of cat was it? scared. (add scared to the sentence)
What kind of tree was it? bare. (add bare to the sentence)
Now lets take a look at our new sentence: The young boys scared cat
sentence.
The blue sentence strip shows the adjective in the sentence. (visual)
Encourage students to use vivid descriptive brilliant adjectives! Third grader
words! (example: big enormous, small miniature)
I. Independent Practice
I think the class is ready for a fun activity! Were going to do some partner
work.
I will pass out partner cards.
The partner cards are organized in the following manner: The cards with the words Pick a partner!
in red are on top of the stack, and cards with the words Pick a partner! in blue are on the bottom
of the stack. I will hand out the cards accordingly. This is to manipulate which students are partner
with other students. On the other hand, students feel they are able to pick their own partners.
Organized Chaos!
For example: A pair of friends or a high student and a low student would receive the same
color partner cards. The student has to pick a partner with a different color card.
Have everyone stand up and move to a desk near his or her partner. The
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Explain to the students: Each partner pair will perform the same activity that
II. Closure
The students will share their sentences with the inserted adjectives. Once all
students have shared, I will pass out the exit slips.
III.
Assessments
1. The teacher will assess individual lists (describing the apple) before
having the students proceed to ensure all students are on task.
2. The teacher will assess completed sentences to make certain all students
accurately identified the nouns and modified them using appropriates
adjectives.
3. Teacher will review revisions made to students Writers Workshop
pieces, to assess his or her ability to apply adjectives to their writing.
IV.
V. Extension
During the independent practice, I would have students revisit their Writers
Workshop notebook/folder and add adjectives to his or her writing. This would
also show differentiation because each student would be working with his or her
own work at a personal level.
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Sample Exit Ticket:
Name:
~*Adjectives*~
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Person
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
Place
Thing
A word that
describes a noun.