Sunday, October 11, 2015

Describing Using Adjectives & Adverbs

1. Go over the handout. Learn the different categories of adjectives.

2. Do examples on the board and a few individual exercises.

3. Hot Seat - in partners.
    One partner sits facing away from the board and one looks at the board.
    I will put an image on the projector. The partner facing the board must describe the photo using as         many adjectives and adverbs as possible. The partner facing away from the board will sketch what   the person is describing.
  Hot Seat part 2
   Two partners will come up to the board. I will put a word up on the board. The partner facing the board must try to describe the word to his/her partner.


4. Celebrities
Aim: To write a description of a celebrity's appearance and personality
You will use adjectives to describe celebrities to the class.
Each team needs a piece of paper and pen.
Secretly choose a celebrity  to describe. Write down adjectives on your paper
Start by describing the celebrity's physical appearance and then they write about her/his personality.
When everyone has finished, you will come to the front of the class one by one.
The teams read out their descriptions and the other teams try to guess who they are describing.


Adverb/adjectives handout

Games to Practice Creating Detailed Vocabulary



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