Subjects
Arts & Humanities
--Language Arts
--Visual Arts
Grade
K-2
3-5
6-8
Brief Description
Students create works of art to illustrate the meanings of adjective words.
Objectives
Students will
Keywords
adjective, art, illustrate, parts of speech
Materials Needed
Lesson Plan
Using This Lesson
This activity can be used in the classroom. It is also an excellent activity for students to do at home with their parent(s); the advantage in using this activity as an at-home activity is the availability of a wide variety of art materials in the home.
Introducing the Lesson
Review with students the concept of adjectives. (See Additional Adjective Resources from Education World below for resources to use in this review.) Then invite students to create a class list of favorite adjectives. Be sure each student provides at least one or two adjectives for this class list.
Share – as examples – an “adjective illustration” or two that you have prepared in advance. This sample illustration will give students a visual reference they can use as they think about and create their own adjectives illustrations. Your sample illustration might be one of these:
Examples
Students can choose an adjective to illustrate from the class list. (You might provide additional adjectives from the Adjective List below.) Then students will choose a material with which to illustrate that adjective. (If you teach young students, you might chat with individual students about materials that might reflect the meaning of their adjective words.)
When students’ artwork is completed, create an “Adjective Art” bulletin board to display it.
Additional Adjective Resources from Education World
Adjective List
You might use this list of adjectives to supplement the list your students created.
A – acrobatic, angry, animated, antique, artistic, athletic, attractive
B – beautiful, big, boiling, bony, breakable, bright, broken, bubbly, bumpy
C – cheap, cheerful, chilly, clear, cloudy, concrete, costly, crowded, cuddly, curly, cute
D – dangerous, dazzling, delicious, dirty
E – edible, elastic, elegant, enormous, expensive
F – fabulous, famous, fancy, fat, filthy, flaky, flashy, flowery, fluffy, fragrant, frilly, frizzy, funny, fuzzy
G – gigantic, glamorous, glistening, gloomy, glossy, golden, gummy
H – hairy, handsome, happy, healthy, heartfelt, heavy, hilarious, horrible, hot
I – itchy
J – jagged, juicy, jumbo
L – lazy, leafy, limp
M – messy, miniature, muddy, mushy
N – narrow, noisy, nutritious, nutty
O – oblong, odd, old-fashioned, ornate, outrageous, oval
P – pastel, peppery, plain, plastic, plush, polished, pointed, popular, powerful, pretty, pricey, prickly, puzzling
R – ragged, rectangular, reflecting, rich, rigid, rough, round, rusty
S – salty, sandy, scaly, scary, scratchy, shabby, shadowy, shady, sharp, shimmering, shiny, short, silky, silly, skinny, sleepy, slim, slimy, smooth, soft, sparkling, spicy, spotted, starry, sticky, stiff, strong, sugary, sweet
T – tall, tasty, thick, tiny, triangular
U – ugly, upset, urban
V – valuable, vibrant
W – warped, wavy, weak, weary, weird, wild, winding, wobbly, worn
Y – yummy
Z – zany, zigzag
Assessment
Have students identify the adjective in each sentence (see underlined word) and the noun that the adjective describes (see word in parentheses).
For more advanced students, supplement the above entries with some that follow:
You might adapt/extend this assessment by having students rewrite the sentences with new adjectives in place of the ones used.
Lesson Plan Source
EducationWorld.com
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
FINE ARTS: Visual Arts
GRADES K – 4
NA-VA.K-4.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.K-4.3 Choosing and Evaluating A Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas NA-VA.K-4.5 Reflecting Upon and Assessing the Characteristics and Merits of Their Work and the Work of Others
NA-VA.K-4.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
GRADES 5 - 8
NA-VA.5-8.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.5-8.3 Choosing and Evaluating A Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas NA-VA.5-8.5 Reflecting Upon and Assessing the Characteristics and Merits of Their Work and the Work of Others
NA-VA.5-8.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K – 12
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
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