Adjectives

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Adjectives

• The things that make our lives exciting and
  different!

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Learning goal

• After this lesson, you will be able to say

I can tell you what an adjective is and
understand why adjectives are important to great
writers.
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• This is how we are going to achieve our goal

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First of all

• Look through the magazine, cut out a picture, and
  glue it to the index card.
• Set this to the side. We will return to it later
  on in our lesson.

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Ready to take some notes?

• Turn to page 23 in your Writers Notebook
• We are going to make a circle map and fill it
  with information about an adjective

adjective
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What is an adjective?

• Read the following sentences. I have underlined
  the adjectives. See if you can figure out what
  an adjective is.
• The green coat belongs to me.
• Three cats are sleeping in the sun.
• Put your binder in that desk.

Any Ideas?
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Just the Facts

• An adjective is a describing word.
• An adjective describes a noun.
• Lets look back at our sentences to get a better
  understanding
• The green coat belongs to me.
• Three cats are sleeping in the sun.
• Put your binder in that desk.

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Circle Map
Adjective
A describing word
Describes a noun
So far, this is what you should have on your
circle map.
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We can get more specific

• An adjective answers 3 kinds of questions.
• Lets look at our example sentences again and see
  if we can figure that out
• The green coat belongs to me.
• Three cats are sleeping in the sun.
• Put your binder in that desk.

What kind?
How many?
Which one?
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Circle Map
Which one?
What kind?
Adjective
A describing word
Describes a noun
Lets add those questions in the corners.
How many?
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Guided Practice

• We are going to use our grammar cards
• For today, we are only going to use the adjective
  cards.
• We are going to identify the adjectives and then
  decide which noun it is describing. We will also
  decide which question it answers
• Ready?
• Lets do 1-5 together

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Independent Practice

• Independently, do sentences 6-12
• Underline the adjective and draw an arrow to the
  noun that it describes or modifies.
• Decide which question it answers.
• As a challenge, try to label all of the other
  parts of speech that you know.

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Closing

• Return to your picture on the index card.
• Write 3 sentences to describe this picture.
• One sentence should have an adjective that tells
  me what kind.
• Another sentence should tell me how many.
• The last sentence should tell me which one.