2. Adjectives & Poetry By Lydia Sexton 5 th Grade Teacher Troy Elementary School

3. Why do we need adjectives in our writing? Picture the following sentence in your mind. The dog ran down the hill.

4. Did your dog look like this? The large brown dog ran down the steep hill.

5. The ugly monster ran into the dark cave. Hideous Horrid Repulsive Unpleasant Unsightly Offensive

6. The beautiful princess lived in the castle. Attractive Lovely Handsome Pretty

7. ACROSTIC POEMS Write your name vertically on a sheet of paper. Now think of words that describe you and begin with each letter. You may use the dictionary and look for “adj” words. Lovable Year-round Dynamic Imaginative Analytical

8. DIAMOND POEMS _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

9. DIAMOND POEMS Adam talented awesome cool claustrophobic funny conservative intelligent athletic evil lazy mathematical musical stingy bold Eleven!

10. Formula for I Am Poems I Am (first stanza) I am (two special characteristics you have) I wonder (something you are really curious about) I hear (an imaginary sound) I see (an imaginary sight) I want (an actual desire) (second stanza) I pretend (something you actually pretend to do) I feel (a feeling about something imaginary) I touch (an imaginary touch) I laugh (at?) or cry or worry I (one of the three above that you didn’t use) (third stanza) I understand (something you know is true) I say (something you believe in) I dream (something you actually dream about) I try (something you really make an effort at doing) I hope (something you actually hope for) I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

11. I AM I am a 5 th grade teacher. I wonder what each year holds in store. I hear my students calling. I see so much to do. I want a million dollars. I pretend not to be surprised by my students. I feel protective of my class. I touch the lives of many. I worry about some of my students. I laugh with my class. I understand my students’ hardships. I say that life is hard. I dream about keeping everyone safe. I try to make a difference. I hope my students are learning. I am a fifth grade teacher.

12. Websites www.gigglepoetry.com