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Writing MinilessonTopic The importance of including adjectivals in piece of writing tick off Level 3rd or 4th gradeObjective TSWBAT subjoin adjectives to a sentence to make it more supplicationing and interesting.MO Standards goal 2 2, Communication Arts 1Students with Special Needs To serve students with special needs that may not be able to throw or write, you could bring objects in to have them touch and feel to take out their detail.Materials Black and white double of a person, colored picture of a person, group activityworksheet of sentences with words written on index card, some other worksheet of sentencesProcedureIntroduce the TopicI was grading everyones journals for the week and have been noticing that everyone could utilise some help or ideas to make their writing a bit more interesting.One way to add appeal to your story is by adding adjectives.What is an adjective?Look at this picture of a person (show black and white picture), is it very interesting?How cou ld we make this picture more appealing?Add color to the picture and relate this to how adding adjectives in our writing improves it.Share ExamplesWrite sentences on the board, leaving spaces for adjective use in the second sentenceI ran down the road to the lake.I quickly ran down the bumpy road to the sparkling lake.Provide selective informationUsing adjectives helps us add color to our writing, just like I showed you with the picture. Supervise PracticeHand out a group activity. This includes a worksheet of plain sentences and index cards with examples of different adjectives. The group as a whole can re-write the sentences using the examples.Reflect on LearningWhat is an adjective?