Adjectives

How would you describe it?

Taste

Touch

Sound

Smell

Look

How would you describe it?

The great warrior Fionn Mac Cumhaill was resting at home with his wife one day. There was a Scottish giant who had heard of Fionn’s greatness and wanted to fight him so that he could get glory.

Meet

Fionn

How can we make these sentences come alive?The great warrior Fionn Mac Cumhaill was resting at home with his wife one day. There was a Scottish giant who had heard of Fionn’s greatness and wanted to fight him so that he could get glory.

General adjectives- ● hairy● dusty● melancholy● abrupt● tall● angry● grotesque● monstrous● miniscule

Adverbs- quicklyhastilyangrilyfaintlybegrudginglymeagerly

Gerunds- ● walking● talking● laughing● playing● running● drinking● eating● hating● loving● painting● baking● mixing● joking● betting● hammering● nailing

Descriptive Nouns- ● People- features,

height, weight● Places-

appearence, location

● Things- size, shape, color, texture

(You can interchange adjectives with-in nouns.)

Adjective Order1. Quantity or number2. Quality or opinion3. Size4. Age5. Shape6. Color7. Proper adjective (often

nationality, other place of origin, or material)

8. Purpose or qualifier

I love that really old big green antique car that always parked at the end of the street.

[quality – age – size – color – proper adjective]

● In group of 3 or 4, go to http://www.irishmythology.net/ .● Click on “Stories” at the top of the page.● As a group, open, listen and read one of the three

stories.Note the nouns and adjectives used in the story.● When you are finished, change the adjectives in the first

three sentences of the story using the new material we discussed in class. Make the story more dynamic!

● Read the new sentences out loud to the rest of the class.

Homework

Rewrite one of the paragraphs from any story on the website or tell a story from your own country. Change the

descriptive words to make the story come ALIVE!If time permits, during the next class, read the new story with the new descriptive words and discuss. Have FUN

with it!