LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON

PARTS OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVE

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Objectives:
In this lesson, students will practice identifying and using
adjectives correctly in their writing.
Subject Matter:
Topic/ book: Lesson 21- Making description using Adjectives
References: Language English for You and Me 4 p.147-154 and
Reading English
for You and Me 4 p.2
Material
: Visual aids, poem on a bond paper, markers,
manila paper,
flashcards, pictures, quiz paper.
Values
: Appreciation of the GOD-given gifts through
descriptive words.

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Procedure:
A. Preliminary activity:
1. Select a student to lead a prayer. Afterwards, check the
attendance.
2. Review previous lesson and check the assignment.
3. Drill
The teacher selects student volunteers to read a
conversation between the spider and fly (below). The
teacher let the students read sentences taken from the
dialog and then identifies the descriptive words from the
sentences (highlighted). The teacher will let the students
guess what the lesson is all about. Afterwards, the
teacher will present the lesson objective.
SPIDER: Good morning, Miss Fly! How beautiful you are today. Will you
enter my Parlor? Its a pretty little parlor. The way to my parlor
is a winding stair. There are beautiful things to see.
FLY

: Oh, no, no, no. I will never enter your parlor. It is said that if
one enters your parlor, one will never come down again.

SPIDER: Who told you so? That is not true. You can rest in my parlor.
There is a soft bed for your soft and shiny wings.
FLY

: Thank you, gentle sir. But I must go away now. Ill see you
some other day.
After a few days, the hungry spider and the fly met again.

SPIDER: Good morning, Miss Fly! Im glad to see you again. You look so
pretty. You have silver wings. Your eyes are bright. My little parlor
is waiting for you. Please come to my parlor.
FLY

: Thank you, Mr. Spider. You are so kind to me. You noticed my
silver wings. You told me Im pretty. I like your kind words. You are
indeed a good friend to me.

SPIDER: Ha! Ha! Ha!

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B. Developmental activity:
1. Motivational activity:
The Teacher will ask these three questions to the students:

What do you think the fly did?

What happened to her?
Why did the spider laugh?
Have you already seen a spider?
Describe it.

The teacher will introduce a nursery rhyme which has a lot

of descriptive words.
A Youre ADORABLE
B Youre so BEAUTIFUL
C Youre so CUTE and FULL of CHARM
D Youre a DARLING
E -- Youre EXCITING
F Youre a FEATHER in my arm
G You LOOK GOOD to me
H Youre so HEAVENLY
I Youre the one I IDOLIZE
J Were like JACK AND JILL
K Youre so KISSABLE
L Is the LOVELIGHT in your eyes
M, N, O, P, I could go on all day
Q, R, S, T, ALPHABETICALLY speaking
youre OK
U Made my life COMPLETE
V Means youre very SWEET
W, X, Y, Z... Its FUN to wander through
the alphabet with you. To tell you how
you mean to me.

2. Lesson proper/ Presentation:

The teacher will show sentences taken from the dialog.

The fly has bright eyes and shiny wings.

The spider has a pretty little parlor.
It has a soft bed and a winding stair.
The fly said, The spider is a good
friend.

Analysis and Discussion:

What
What
What
What
What

kind
kind
kind
kind
kind

of
of
of
of
of

eyes does the fly have?

wings does it have?
parlor does the spider have?
bed does it have?
friend is the spider?

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The word bright gives us a clear picture of the eyes of

the fly:
shiny gives us a description of its wings.
The word soft tells what kind of bed the spider has:
little and pretty gives us a description of the spiders
parlor.
The word good tells what kind of friend a spider is.
Bright, shiny, little, pretty, soft and good are descriptive
words. They give us a clear picture of the things being
described.
A word that gives a description or a clear picture
of persons, animals, or objects is called
adjectives.
Shiny, bright, little, pretty and soft tell what kind a thing
is.
Teacher presents three sentences then allows the
students to spot the adjective/ adjectives (if there are
several).
1. The fly has wings
2. The fly has two tiny wings.
3. The fly has two tiny silver wings.

In sentence 1, there is no adjective used to describe

wings
In sentence 2, there are two adjectives, two tells the
number; tiny tells what kind.
In sentence 3, there are three adjectives, two, tiny,
and silver tells color.

ADJECTIVES tell about the number, kind, and color of a

person, animal, or a thing.
When several adjectives are used in one sentence, the
order of adjectives is as follows: number, kind or quality,
and color.
Example: red three big apples
Three big and red apples.
Other examples:
There are ten intelligent young girls in the library.
Five round blue marbles inside the jar.
A huge gray shark attacked me.
Three blind white mice run in the kitchen.

3. Values integration:
The teacher will divide the students into 4 groups based
on the seats nearest to each other. The teacher will give
each group a copy of a poem (below) and then let the
students read the poem (each group will cover four
stanzas of the poem). Each member will be assigned to
read a stanza and then select the descriptive words.
Gods Gifts
G.T. Smith
I love the things that God has made!
I love the big round sun.
That seems to say, Come out and play
And gives a smile to everyone.
I love the clouds that sail like ships
Moving fast in the sea-blue sky
I love the wind that whispers
To the trees as I pass by.
I love the rain that gives drink
To lovely growing things.
And splashes in the puddles
Making little magic rings.
I love the softly glowing moon,
The stars like a candlelight.
That God leaves on when he has drawn
The curtains when the night comes.

After the presentation, the teacher will ask the following

questions:
1. What are the God-given gifts mentioned in the
poem.
2. Do you love these God-given gifts?
3. How would you take care of these gifts?
4. Application/Enhancement Activity:
The same groups will select their team leader. The
teacher will provide different pictures and objects to
each group. Each group will be tasked to construct
sentences with adjectives about the pictures and objects

within two minutes. Each group will present the group

output in the class.

5. Generalization:
Traditionally, adjectives are defined as words that
describe nouns or pronouns. When they describe nouns
or pronouns, adjectives typically answer the following
questions: what kind? Which one? How many?
When several adjectives are used in one sentence, the
order of adjectives is as follows: number, kind or quality,
and color.
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Evaluation:
The teacher will provide test papers to each student.
a. Pick out the adjectives in each sentence.
1. Baguio has a cool climate.
2. It is a lovely sunny day!
3. Harold is a tall and clever man.
4. There are colorful flowers in the big garden.
1. Ana sells fresh fruit at a low prize.
b. Arrange the adjectives in the correct order. Use each
set in a sentence.
Example: three yellow sweet mangoes
He gave me three sweet yellow mangoes
yesterday.
1. Big three red balloons
2. White two noisy puppies
3. Pink beautiful two dresses
4. Big blue four bags.
5. Brown five little kittens.

V.

Assignment :
Write a paragraph describing an animal, a person, or a thing
that you know very well. Use single word adjectives in your
description. Describe how it looks, where it lives, what it eats
and etc. Use a book paper and be creative.