1. ELD-Animals Descriptions 5
Objective: Students will be able to use taught forms of adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, and conjunctions to make comparisons and contrasts.
vocabulary word: moribund

2. Our predictions for the word moribund

3. moribund
adjective- approaching extinction; at the point of death.
Sample sentence:
There are some moribund mammals in the Pacific Ocean.

4. The grammatical forms we will use are
adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, and conjunctions to make comparisons and contrasts.

5. Adjectives that might describe various animals
gigantic
vicious
greedy
territorial
furry
dirty
timid
friendly
playful
selective
deadly
reclusive
miniscule
melodious
protective
unpredictable

6. Various Physical Abilities of Animals (verbs)
crawl
jump
slither
squawk
run
eat
walk
sleeps
kills
attacks
strikes
defends
defecates
scratch
shelter
purr

7. Modifying Physical Attributes (adverbs)
gracefully
purposefully
effortlessly
cautiously
stealthily
recklessly
swiftly
hurriedly
thoughtfully
Carefully
slowly
quickly
perfectly
disgracefully
protectively
clumsily

8. Our Sentence Frames Question:
What do two animals have in common and how are they different?
Response:
Both a______(animal name) and a _______ (animal name) feel/look/sound _________ (adjective). However, a _______(1st animal name) can __________ (physical ability-verb) ________ (adverb) while a ______ (2nd animal) can __________ (physical ability-verb) _______(adverb).

9. Our Sample Response Sentence Frames
Both a polar bear and a kangaroo look furry. However, a polar bear can crawl slowly while a kangaroo can jump quickly.

10. 10 point bonus opportunity
Use the five vocabulary words we learned in this unit to compare two different animals.
endangered
gait
swarm
evaluate
extract