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Animal adjectives

Students will describe animals as they review nouns and verbs associated with these animals. They will learn to use adjectives as they describe the animals. They will use this knowledge to write their stories about animals.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and English Language Development)

By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

Diamante poetry using environments: Day two

This lesson will introduce and reinforce learners' understanding of habitat components within an environment. This lesson was designed to be used after the lesson "Animal environments: Day one."

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science)

By Cheri Cole.

Here comes the circus

Boys and girls of all ages love the Circus. This is a lesson from an integrated unit. In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Kindergarten level words from the Dolch Word List.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

By Penny Stafford.

"Luscious lollipops" and other adjectives

The students will become familiar with adjectives by reading Ruth Heller's book Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives. They will also be able to use adjectives to describe an object in their own writing.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

By Pat DeMello.

Pattern writing using nouns and adjectives

In this lesson plan, students will think and write creatively using nouns and adjectives. They will experience all phases of the writing process.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 6 English Language Arts)

By Susan S. Craver.

Trees of North Carolina

Students complete activities including tree and leaf identification, species comparison, online research, measurement, and creative writing in conjunction with monthly visits to the "Iredell County Outdoor Education Site"

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)

By Amy Luna and Kathy Beck.

Writing a fish book: Number and color details

Students will learn and write color words and number words.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

By Stephanie Phelps.

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Action is character: Exploring character traits with adjectives

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students “become” one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives. In class discussion, students support their lists with details... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Adjective monster

In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions. Students read the book Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley. They are... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Mathematics)

Provided by: ArtsEdge

Become a character: Adjectives, character traits, and perspective

In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students “become” one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters, using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives. In class discussion, students support their lists with details... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Charlotte is wise, patient, and caring: Adjectives and character traits

In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students define the purpose of adjectives and find examples in shared reading. Then students “become” one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters using Internet reference... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Delicious, tasty, yummy: Enriching writing with adjectives and synonyms

In this lesson, students explore adjectives and expand their vocabulary. This lesson requires that the teacher completes several preliminary steps before beginning the class assignment. While reading Apples by Gail Gibbons... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink