Objective: Students will be able to complete sentences with
descriptive weather words.
Anticipatory Set:
Discuss the importance of using adjectives when
describing the setting of an event.
Procedures: (Model/Lead/Test Format):
Initial Instruction: The teacher will:
1- Show pictures of various types of weather.
2- Create a list with students of descriptive weather words based on the pictures.
3- Write beginning story sentences on the board without descriptive words describing the weather.
4- Add in descriptive weather words to each sentence.
5- Discuss with students how descriptive words enhance the story by creating a setting they can vividly imagine, especially weather words.
Example of descriptive weather words bank:
sunny hot rainy breezy
blistering cool crisp icy
snowy frigid stormy freezing
humid clear cloudy muggy
Guided Practice:
Checking for understanding
6- Put prepared list of incomplete sentences on transparency overhead.
7- Ask students to come fill in the blanks with a word from the list.
8- Review rationale for adding adjectives to our sentences.
Independent Practice:
9- Create a Microsoft Word document for students to practice inserting adjectives to complete sentences.
10- Direct students to choose an appropriate adjective from the bank of words. They must copy, paste, and move words into sentences.
11- Assist individual students in the example sentences.
12- Allow students to print their individual work and share what adjectives they used to complete the sentences.
Formative Evaluation:
Evaluation:
The teacher will check student documents for accuracy.
The teacher will check for the percentage of correct answers of 10 items.
Criteria: 80% mastery on completing sentences using appropriate weather related adjectives.
Examples Of Sentences:
The children played among wildflowers on a day in the springtime.
The young man chased his hat down the street on that morning.
We hid in the barn to escape the December storm.