Describing words

Class III, Language - English

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 .

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