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Introducing Adjectives
LynDondra R. Wells
Student Teaching Fall 2008
Dr. Marilyn Coleman, Professor
Objectives
The teacher will read Apples by Gail Gibbons aloud to the class.
The teacher will divide the class into groups of three to four students.
The teacher give each group two apples of the same variety—one whole and one cut into enough pieces so that each
team member gets one—and copies of the Describe Your Apples handout.
Students will have 15 minutes to brainstorm and record words that describe their apples.
The teacher will ask each teams to share words from their lists. Descriptive words might include: red, green,
round, shiny, waxy, bruised, ripe, speckled, spotted, or wet.
The teacher will record the class list on a board or flipchart.
The teacher will explain to the class that they have created a list of words called adjectives to describe their
apples. The list includes words that describe how the apples look, smell, feel and even taste
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