2. Vocabulary
An adjective is a word that describes a person, animal, place or object.
Can you think of a powerful adjective to describe each of these things?
______monster
________snake
________king
__________jewel
________owl

3. Connectives “otherwise” or “although ”? Which is the best connective?
The snake wasn’t poisonous … it was still very dangerous
The warrior scurried away quickly … the snake would have caught him.
The mermaid liked her beautiful tail … sometimes she wished that she had legs.
The Kraken had to stay in the sea …. Something terrible might happen.

4. Openers What is the most interesting way to finish the sentence?
Earlier …
Heroically …
To his utter amazement …
If only he….

5. Punctuation
Missing Punctuation
Rewrite this sentence correctly on your computer
one year king aegeuss son theseus offered to go to crete and kill the minotaur to save his people
How many did you add?
I added 10!
One year, King Aegeus’s son, Theseus, offered to go to Crete and kill the minotaur to save his people.

6. Game… One student stands with back to this presentation.
The class gives the student one word clues to the vocabulary word onscreen as a clock keeps time. (15 second blocks)
Team Version
(This can also be played with two students….split class in half and take
Turns to give clues to same word)

7. Ready to play?

8. giant

9. cyclops

10. hero

11. frog

12. shield

13. horse