Teacher: Ruba Mohsen Grade Level: Grade 3 (6 sts.)
Class Period: 60 min Course Title: English Language
Date: Jan 7, 2013 Lesson Topic: Adjectives
Lesson Objectives
1. The student will be able to define adjectives.
2. The student will be able to generate different kinds of adjectives.
3. The student will be able to use different kinds of adjectives in sentences. Procedures
Introductory Activities
1. Warm-up activity: Students are divided into two groups. Teacher gives each group a set of pictures of nouns to match with their adjectives. Students then mount the cards on a board chart drawn by the teacher. Teacher then asks about the purpose of the words before the nouns and what they are called. Students are supposed to say that “They describe nouns. They are adjectives.” Teacher then writes on the board, “Adjectives are words that describe nouns. There are many kinds of adjectives and today we are going to concentrate on adjectives of color, size, and condition.” (10 m)
2. Students work on creating ads. They are given papers from magazines, white paper, glue, crayons, and scissors. They work individually. They choose the pictures they like, mount them on white paper, and create three messages that describe the items. Voila! The ads are ready. (10 m)
3. Students choose items from a box and they work individually to generate three adjectives of color, size, and condition. Each student recites her adjectives and teacher gives feedback. ( 5 m)
4. Teacher asks students to sit in a circle. One student picks an adjective randomly, and the next student must say an adjective that begin with the last letter of the previous students’ word. (10 m)
5. Students work individually. Each chooses any item from their bags. On a piece of paper, they write as many adjectives as they can for three minutes. Students then write their adjectives on the board and the one who has the most wins and is given candy.(10 m)
Closing Activity
Wrap-up Activity: Teacher reviews that adjectives are words that describe nouns and that color, size, and condition are three kinds of adjectives. Students work individually on worksheets distributed by the teacher. Teacher corrects the sheets and gives positive feedback. (10 m) (Appendix A)
Assignment
Teacher throws the following question at the end of the session. “Where would you like to go for a vacation? Think of your own special place and create a postcard that represents this place. You can draw, cut pictures from magazines or print others from the internet. Think of five adjectives and use them in short messages to describe the pictures on the postcards and then write them at the back. (5 m)
Appendix A
A. Read the two paragraphs and circle the adjectives of color, size, and condition:
1. It was a sunny day and my little puppy jumped onto our red couch and played with his new toy. I liked to watch him play and it made me feel happy. Soon, my playful puppy yawned. He was a tired puppy. I picked him up and laid him on his soft, round bed. Soon, my sleepy puppy was snoring anyway.
2. It was a hot summer and my family decided to go camping. We sat under the bright stars that shone through the dark sky. We were hungry and we ate sticky marshmallows and filled our hungry tummies. At night, we snuggled in our warm, cozy sleeping bags and told scary stories until we fell asleep.
B. Fill in the blacks with the correct adjective:
Nice – cold – old – white – long – hot – strong – clever – sweet - black
1. We had ----------- pancakes for breakfast.
2. Alaska is a ------------ place.
3. A ---------- trick was played by the magician.
4. Use ------------- flour for this cake.
5. My grandma tells me ------------ stories.
6. The ------------ orange is on the table.
7. Monkeys have --------------- tails.
8. The ------------- horse won the race.
9. The ----------- man walked slowly.
10. -------------- coffee is what I like.
