Adjectives Lesson Plan

Lesson Overview:

This lesson plan focuses on the uses of adjectives and other descriptive terms to discuss the attributes of objects shown in the pictures with a teacher, and develops picture identification and vocabulary skills.

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Objective:

Students will practice using adjectives and other descriptive terms to discuss the attributes of objects shown in the pictures with a teacher. Students will work toward using complete sentences as appropriate.

Skills Practiced:

Picture identification
Vocabulary development
Use of adjectives and descriptive terms

Materials Needed:

Stages Learning Materials Language Builder Nouns 2.

People:

This lesson is designed for 1:1 instruction with a teacher or therapist.

Set Up:

Decide which cards you would like to work on with your students. The Language Builder Nouns 2 card set can be separated by the following categories, making it easy to work on related vocabulary words in this lesson:

Stages Learning language builder nouns 2 asparagus card

Body Parts
Insects & Bugs
Sea Life
Animals
Transportation
Foods
Tools
Musical Instruments
On the Farm
Clothing
Everyday Objects
Safety Signs

In this example, the teacher chose to use cards from the Everyday Objects category, but you can use any card(s) #1 – 201. Sit across from or next to the student.

Procedures:

Refresh student on previously learned information about adjectives. Remind them of what an adjective is used for (describing something) and why it can be helpful to learn descriptive words.
- Adjectives let us differentiate between two similar objects (“I would like the BIG brownie, please!”) or describe an item if we can’t remember the name of the item itself (“They’re brown, made of chocolate, kind of like cake, you can bake them in the oven, usually they’re cut into squares…”)
Model what you’d like your student to do by choosing a card (for example, blueberries, #122) and placing it on the table facing your student. Then describe the food shown. You may choose to model a few cards in this manner until you feel that your student understands what will be expected of them.
Then tell the student it is their turn.
Choose a card (for example, the pumpkin, #115) and place it on the table facing your student. Ask your student to describe what they see.
- Try the phrase, “Describe this item” or “Tell me about this”.
- If your student names the item itself, “Pumpkin”, reinforce the correct label and encourage them to tell you more about the pumpkin. For example, “That’s right, this is a pumpkin. Can you tell me more about what the pumpkin looks like?”
- Depending on your student’s vocabulary, encourage them to use complete sentences to describe the item.
  - “The pumpkin is orange and round” rather than, “Orange. Round.”
  - A sentence model may help them with these language demands (an example is provided at the end of this lesson).
Students may benefit from cues throughout the lesson as to what an adjective is or what kinds of descriptive words to use. Feel free to remind them to talk about color, shape, texture, and size, to name a few. You may also have an adjective “cheat sheet” that they can refer to throughout the lesson to help them. (An example of a cheat sheet is included at the end of this lesson.)
Repeat for the remainder of the cards.
Shuffle and repeat.