ELD-Animals Descriptions 3 Objective: Students will be able to describe a different animal’s physical attributes and actions using the pronoun “it” and the conjunction “and”. vocabulary word: fastidious

Our predictions for the word fastidious Not easy to please Something fast (1) or slow Fantastic I don’t know Quickness Very particular or sensitive Somone annoyed or worried

fastidious defined as adjective: very careful; picky Sample sentences:  The black rhino was fastidious about choosing his mate.

The grammatical forms we will use are adjectives, verbs, adverbs, the pronoun it and the conjunction and.

Adjectives that might describe various animals giganticviciouscolossalterritorial tinyshorttimidprotective sluggishselectivesociablereclusive minisculehairygreedy sharp

Adverbs that we might use to modify the animal’s actions gracefully purposefully effortlesslycautiously happilyrecklesslyquicklysadly Question: What verbs can we attach to the adverbs above and what animals fit those verb/adverb descriptions?

Our sentence frames Question: ①Describe a/an ______(animal) and what it can do. Response: ①A/an ______(animal) is _______(adjective) and it can _______(verb) __________(adverb).

Example sentence frames Question: ①Describe a snake and what it can do. Response: ①A snake is reclusive and it can slither purposefully.