ELD-Animals Descriptions 1 Objective: Students will be able to describe an animal’s physical attributes using the senses of sight, touch, sound, and smell. vocabulary word: endangered
Our predictions for the word endangered It’s an adjective. Something dangerous or bad (2) Something will become extinct (2) Something is not safe When only a little bit of animals are left
Endangered is An adjective; a description of something that is threatened or may become extinct. Sample sentence: Bald eagles are an endangered species.
The grammatical forms we will use are sensory adjectives to describe the the way that animals look, feel, sound, and smell.
Adjectives we might use to describe animals (provided by students) Look (tiger) Feel (porcupine) Sound (alligator) Smell (panda) stripeyspikyscarypoopy colorfulsharpsnappyweird largepainfulangrydisgusting
Adjectives we might use to describe animals LookFeelsoundsmell giganticsmoothlouddisgusting minisculebumpydiscordantfowl furrysoftmelodiousmusty
Our sentence frames Question: ①How do you describe a/an ______(student fills in animal)? Response: ①A/an ______( animal) looks ______(sight adjective). It feels ______(touch adjective). It also sounds ______(audio adjective). Lastly, a/an ____(animal) smells ______(smell adjective).
Example sentence frames Question: ①How do you describe an aye-aye? Response: ①An aye-aye looks unusual. It feels soft. It also sounds screechy. Lastly, an aye-aye smells musty.