Build your writing skills by studying adjectives and creating poetry.

Spark your thinking!

1. Set up your language arts mini spark recording page: #24: Adjective Form Poem

2. Listen to this book. When you are done record 5-8 adjectives that describe apples. The list should includes words that describe how the apples look, smell, feel and taste. When you are done with your list, scroll to the bottom of this post for more ideas to add to your list.

4.  Read the following poem  by Terry Henkelman.  Review the words in the poem and notice out how each one is a synonym for the adjective funny.  Which of the synonyms is the most unique?

FUNNY…
So amusing
So comical
So humorous
So mirthful
So laughable
Sooo… funny

5. Open this handout. Follow the instructions on the handout for the top section about apples and record your answers on your recording sheet.  Use an online thesaurus if needed.

6.  Watch this video. Select 2 adjectives from the book and record them on your recording page. Complete the second half of the handout from step 5. Use an online thesaurus if needed.

7. Share your language arts mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.

red, green, round, shiny, waxy, bruised, ripe, speckled, spotted, smooth, golden, red, green, pine, few, bad, rotten, baked, ripe, wild, large, sweet, little, fresh, more, sour, dried, crab, sliced, tart, big, fine, best, roasted, yellow, rosy, stewed, delicious, raw, beautiful, unripe, hard, chopped, juicy, fried, nice, wormy, cooked, bright, polished, firm, ruddy, boxed, luscious, grown, cultivated, mellow, withered, round, ripened, unpeeled, lovely, cored, wonderful

Lesson adapted from Read, Write, Think