Descriptive Adjectives 2009 Lara Butler ELA6W2c: Includes sensory details and concrete language to develop plot, setting, and character (e.g., vivid verbs, descriptive adjectives, and varied sentence structures).

Descriptive Writing Can Create a Picture Below is an excerpt from the story, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett. Read the paragraph and then follow the directions. “The menu varied. By the time they woke up in the morning, breakfast was coming down. After a shower of juice, clouds of egg moved in followed by pieces of toast. Butter and jelly sprinkled down for the toast. And most of the time it rained milk afterwards.” Re-read the paragraph and draw what you hear based on the description given. Do not draw what you think the picture should look like, but draw it according to how it is being described Lara Butler

What are Adjectives? Adjectives are parts of speech that describe nouns by answering one of these 3 questions: What kind? (size, shape, color, etc.) Which one? How many? 2009 Lara Butler

What kind? Dan decided that the fuzzy green bread would make an unappetizing sandwich. What kind of bread? Fuzzy green What kind of sandwich? Unappetizing Lara Butler

Which one? The most unhealthy item from our school cafeteria is the steak sub. Which one? Most unhealthy 2009 Lara Butler

How Many? Seven hungry space aliens slithered into the diner and ordered two dozen vanilla milkshakes. How many space aliens? Seven How many vanilla milkshakes? Two dozen 2009 Lara Butler

Let’s Find the Adjectives! The purple finch laid three small eggs in her nest in the tall maple tree. The new coach really liked the green carpeting with the gold and white team logos. A huge oak desk and bookcase filled the small office Lara Butler

Describe Characters Adjectives can be used to describe characters in your story and how those characters……. Look Feel Sound 2009 Lara Butler

Describe the Setting When you provide specific details about a place, you paint a picture that helps readers imagine exactly what you are describing. On a sticky July afternoon, I sit at a splintered, wobbly picnic table in Jasper Park Lara Butler

Similes and Metaphors Writers can also use similes and metaphors to compare two unlike objects. Sometimes using a simile will help with the description. Amy wore a dress that was as dark as night. She could hardly be seen walking down the aisle, and she slipped into her seat as quiet as a mouse Lara Butler

Using Adjectives and Sensory Words On a sheet of paper, write as many descriptive adjectives as you can for the following categories… Lara Butler

Using Adjectives and Sensory Words Look big crowded messy bright 2009 Lara Butler

Using Adjectives and Sensory Words Feel hot hard soft cold 2009 Lara Butler

Using Adjectives and Sensory Words Smell pleasant spicy sweet pungent 2009 Lara Butler

Using Adjectives and Sensory Words Hear noisy chattering muffled quiet 2009 Lara Butler

Using Adjectives and Sensory Words Taste hot crisp mushy creamy 2009 Lara Butler

Resources To Use In your binder, you have a list of 200 breathtaking adjectives! 2009 Lara Butler

Closing What are adjectives ? How can descriptive adjectives be added to our writing to make it more descriptive? How can writers use descriptive adjectives in their writing to engage the reader ? 2009 Lara Butler