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I spy nouns: This lesson will introduce students to nouns. The lesson will begin with a game of "I Spy." This game will help students to understand that nouns are things that can be seen and touched. Then the students will make lists of people, places, and things.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Beth Edmonds.

To be or not to be a noun: This lesson teaches students to categorize nouns as persons, places, or things. This lesson also teaches children to distinguish nouns from other words in phrases and sentences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Tasha Christian.

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 6 English Language Arts); By Susan S. Craver.

Jazzy sentences: This is an interesting activity to help students jazz up or make their sentences more interesting by adding adjectives, adverbs, more vibrant verbs, and descriptive nouns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Helen Potts.

First draft/final draft: Students will compare paragraphs with and without elaboration and descriptive details. They will learn how to revise their own writing by adding descriptive details such as adjectives, adverbs, concrete nouns, and precise verbs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Discovering just the right word: Precise word choice helps show the reader a story and not just tell a story. The purpose of this series of lessons is to help students improve their writing style by strengthening word choice at the word and sentence level by adding adverbs, precise verbs, and specific nouns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Hear it, spell it, see it!: This is an activity to help children develop visual recognition of basic sight word vocabulary at the kindergarten level. The words covered are: I, am, can, like, it, and is. This is a simple, quick activity that adds a new dimension to sight word building with the help of the computer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Vickie Hedrick.

Oh, the places I will go!: Students will listen to the story by Dr. Seuss Oh, the Places You'll Go! The students will brainstorm a list of places they would like to go. Places such as nouns and proper nouns will be separated during the listing process. The students will write a response to: "Oh, the places I will go! I will go____________." and illustrate their responses. Each student response will be collected for a class book entitled "Oh, the Places We Will Go!"; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)

Sentence carousel: Adjectives, adverbs, and precise language help construct descriptive sentences. In this lesson, students will learn to construct more elaborate sentences that will enliven their writing; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Let's hunt for vivid vocabulary!: This activity will be used to encourage students to focus on using an enriched vocabulary. During an oral reading of the book A Bad Case of Stripes, the students will search and identify various nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, dialogue tags, and transition words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Susan Byrd.

"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.

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 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

Outer Banks English: In this lesson plan, students view a video about the dialect of North Carolina's Outer Banks and develop an understanding of linguistic patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Hannah Askin.

The ABCs of the Three Little Pigs: This lesson uses a familiar fairy tale to teach writing. It is designed to emphasize using varied sentence patterns in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Penny Canipe.

Using bilingual dictionaries: This lesson focuses on learning to use a bilingual dictionary while acquiring first and second language vocabulary about language and grammar.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Second Languages); By Carolyn Zuttel.

"I Spy": Using adjectives and descriptive phrases: Students will review definitions for adjectives, learn and practice sensory adjectives and imagery, and use adjectives and descriptive phrases in writing a paragraph and/or story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Elizabeth Hutchens.

Wet your kinders' chops on the sound "op"!: Students will explore the sound “Op” with a reading of Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop by Chris Raschka and a showing of the PBS Between the Lions episode #130 “Be Bop,” which also features the Charlie Parker book and explores the “op” sound.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Dirk Robertson.

Calico watercolor cats: This two-class lesson focuses on students learning how to draw a cat using geometric shapes, learning and applying wet-on-wet technique of watercolor painting, and using crayon to create area surrounding cats. The final art product will be a mixed media painting of one cat and one kitten in an indoor or outdoor environment. Students will orally present their completed artwork using prepositions and nouns to describe the location of their cats.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education and English Language Development); By Barbara Zimmerman and Heidi Summers.

Spell check: What a tool!: Students, through guided practice, become familiar with how a spell check program works and learn to use it effectively. They will then be able to use it independently as they word process on their own.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–5 Computer/Technology Skills); By Mary Rizzo.

Haiku and photography: A natural connection: This lesson will allow students to combine photographing nature with creating a Haiku poem to express what they see in the photograph.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); By steven sather.

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