Describing words
Activity Author
Savitri Waldia
Duration
35minutes
Objective: Key Core Life Skill to be developed
Critical thinking, Effective communication
Objective: Key Learning Domains to be developed
Understand, Application
Implemented this in classroom
Objectives to be achieved
To make learners use an adjective appropriately .To help them establish the relation between the word and its related quality through the given descriptions .
Underlying Concept behind this activity
To help students collocate words meaningfully and thereby understand their nature ....or what part of a speech they belong to .
Resources required for conducting the activity
Pictures of certain animals , flowers , people , building etc which can be associated with the words that describe them .
Class Activity Details
warm up activity : Take examples from the surrounding area or the classroom itself .
1 The table is too big .
2 The blackboard is black .
3 The room is hot .
4 Water in the steel bottle is cool .
5 Gayatri is wearing a red scarf .
Now ask them to choose the words which are the names of something .
Tell them to find out which of these names have been described by a word .
Tell them to name those words .
Explanation : The naming words such as table ,blackboard,room,water,bottle,Gayatri,scarf are nouns .
Some of these words are being further described by other words . They are describing words or adjectives.
Choose the words that are being described .
They are table ,blackboard,room bottle,water .
Now find the words that describe these words .
Practice worksheets
Match the naming words with the words that tell about their quality .Naming words :
Building -------------
Mango
Lemon
Egg
Leave
Describing words :
Green ,sweet ,tall,sour,white
http://www.k5learning.com/sites/all/files/worksheets/grammar-worksheet-grade-3-adjectives-1.pdf
http://www.k5learning.com/sites/all/files/worksheets/grammar-worksheet-grade-3-adjectives-2.pdf
http://www.k5learning.com/sites/all/files/worksheets/grammar-worksheet-grade-3-adjectives-2.pdf
http://www.k5learning.com/sites/all/files/worksheets/grammar-worksheet-grade-3-adjectives-sentences-1.pdf
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Brainstorming questions asked in class
Tell three qualities of your father and mother each .
Is quality good / bad or it can be both
Can we describe an object by its number or weight .For example ..six pens ,two liter of milk .
Evaluation parameters to assess the understanding of the students
Accurate, Clearly explained, Knowledgeable, Precise, Satisfying
Impromptu changes made if any during activity, reasons
You can make changes depending on the response of students . No plan is ever fixed or rigid .
Any suggestions for other teachers while implementing this activity in classroom.
Teachers can substitute various other exercises keeping the basics of the the concept intact .
