2. Capture the moment By: Bill McLaren

3. The slides themselves You will notice each of these symbols in the upper right corner of every page. This bar will take you back to the beginning The purple arrow will take you back to the previous slide The biege arrow will take you to the next slide

4. Other buttons Some slides will use other buttons so that you can move between slides, to the next step, or cause various other actions to occur. These slides will explain the action associated with the button, but always try them out, chances are they have a purpose! Yes, even these!

5. Hyperlinks The other thing you will see are hyperlinks, that will take you to web sites. If you click these, you will be opening a web browser. You should close, or minimize, the browser before you return to this project. http://www.msu.edu/ http://dgl.microsoft.com/ My college Great place for clip art Click one of the above links to practice.

6. What kind of project is this? Interactive powerpoint Writing activity that will help you use descriptive words Practice being creative Use images to inspire writing

7. How do I use this? This is the home slide, from here you can get to the other parts of the project. You will need to start with the lessons, then go to the quizzes, and after passing the quizzes you will be able to click the pictures link. small lessons pictures quizzes Psssst… “Quizzes and Pictures” won’t work yet! Clicking the home bar will always bring you here!

8. Definitions Review Noun - words that are used to name a person, place, thing, or idea Verb - a word that expresses an action Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb Click these boxes to see examples

9. Noun - words that are used to name a person, place, thing, or idea Joe - person Alaska - place house - place or thing fish - thing love - idea To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below

10. Verb - a word that expresses an action Run, skip, jump, all words that show us in action. To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below

11. Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun What kind - colors (blue, red, orange), big, large, strong, safe, etc. How many - numbers (10, 19), words like several Which one - this, that To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below

12. Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb Carefully - how Early or late - when Everywhere - where Almost - to what extent To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below

13. Descriptive words are often adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell us information about, or modify, nouns; things like… Dictionary.com Definition how many which one what kind and/or any other words that help us know more about the subject.

14. Adverbs are another type of descriptor. Adverbs modify, or change, any verb, adjective, or other adverb Dictionary.com Definition Often adverbs answer the questions how, when, where, or to what extent

15. This is the end of the review! To go back to the beginning of the review, click this picture. If you are ready, click the arrow to go to the quizzes page.

16. How do I use this? This is the home slide, from here you can get to the other parts of the project. You will need to start with the lessons, then go to the quizzes, and after passing the quizzes you will be able to click the pictures link. small lessons pictures quizzes Psssst… It might look like the home slide, but I bet “quizzes” works as a link now! Clicking the home bar will always bring you here!

17. Quizzes Adverbs If you are too scared, click here to return to the review page. This is the first of two, small quizzes. The quizzes are my way to be sure that you have a basic understanding of the parts of speech. Click on the picture to take the quiz. After passing this quiz, you will go to a second quiz. Once you pass both quizzes, you will be able to go on to the fun part!

18. Adverbs Question: Can an adverb modify another adverb? YES NO

19. Well done! Excellent work! Click below to continue to the second quiz.

20. Wrong! Try that again? Click below. Click below to study more first.

21. Quiz #2 Adjectives If you are too scared, click here to return to the review page. Click on the picture to take the second quiz. Pass this one and you are off to the fun part of this activity!

22. Adjectives Question: Can an adjective modify verbs? YESNO

23. Wrong! Try that Again? Study first if you must!

24. Yes! Excellent work! Now for the fun part! Click below and follow the link to the pictures!

25. How do I use this? This is the home slide, from here you can get to the other parts of the project. You will need to start with the lessons, then go to the quizzes, and after passing the quizzes you will be able to click the pictures link. small lessons pictures quizzes Now for the fun part! Click on the link to the pictures and practice using these parts of speech. Clicking the home bar will always bring you here!

26. Why describe? 1. To add interest to your writing 2. Offer variety to the reader 3. Help the reader create a picture, or see a picture, from your writing Press these to look at examples.

27. Adds interest, hmmm… The dog was barking. Where is the interest? Wouldn’t you like to know more? Whose dog? What kind of bark? Add some adjectives and look at the difference. Jenny’s giant bull dog was barking viciously!

28. Variety is the spice of life. The brown tree was tall. In the forest there were many brown trees. Most of the trees were tall. Good information but man am I bored! Add a few adjectives, and descriptive words, let us see the different trees! The rusty brown tree was taller than a house. The huge forest was filled with trees; Maples, Oaks, even a few Birch trees. All of the trees were at least forty feet tall.

29. Show, don’t tell! The room was destroyed by the fire. Use adjectives and descriptive words to build a picture for your readers; give them details! Do the words above describe the picture that appears when you click the dragon?

30. Create this image with your words!

31. Here are my words for the fire. The large room was filled with scorched debris. All the windows were smashed, and the charred window sills matched the blackened walls. Nothing was spared by the destructive heat. Everything, big and small, valuable and worthless, all of it was destroyed. All of the yellow words are descriptive words - adjectives and adverbs.

32. Now for some practice! Look at the following slides. Use adjectives and adverbs to help you write three descriptive sentences for each picture. The next slide is a quick review. After that choose the picture you find interesting.

33. Review Noun - words that are used to name a person, place, thing, or idea Verb - a word that expresses an action Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb John opened the door. Green = noun Olive = verb Blue = adjective Red = adverb Ben grabbed the keys. The large steak was cooked. The surprisingly fast man caught him.

34. Picture Index Click picture to enlarge

35. Ahhh, the woods Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.

36. Icy memory Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.

37. Throw now? Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.

38. I won? Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.

39. Earth at night Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.

40. Great work! Now you have worked through the parts of speech review and writing practice. You have captured the moment by using description to help people see the same picture you were looking at. But best of all you accomplished all of this by making the choices that helped you get it done! The End