Subject English Language

Topic: Grammar (Adjectives)

Level: Primary Five (EM2)

Duration: I hour

 

Pre-requisites: Pupils have prior knowledge on adjectives based on

class work.

Specific Instructional Objectives:

  1. Understand the concept of adjectives and identify adjectives.
  2. Using appropriate adjectives within sentence context.

 

Thinking Skill:

Inference

Interpretation

Application skills.

 

Learning & Teaching Materials

  1. Courseware:

 

Learning Environment : School’s Computer

Laboratory

 

Instructional Strategies :

Teacher to introduce the CD ROM courseware ‘Word Attack’ and the procedures in getting into the "Presentation Activity."

A) Procedures

  1. Click the English icon under KidsDesk
  2. Click green arrow key
  3. Double click the ‘Ultimate’ icon key
  4. Click ‘Word List’ icon before dragging cursor to ‘beginning,’

‘Adjectives,’ ‘Level 2’ and click twice

  1. Bring cursor to menu on ‘The Presentation Activity’ and click twice
  2. Under ‘Selection Option,’ click on icon ‘Study’
  3. A list of words with its definition and sentence context will appear on screen.
  1. Presentation

Step 1 (15 mins)

  1. Pupils to listen to the pronunciation of words and to study the

definition and sentence context of the list of adjectives

example: splendid (adjective)

very beautiful; striking (definition)

Wasn’t that a splendid sunset? (sentence in context)

  1. Then, pupils to press the icon ‘enter’ for the subsequent list of

adjectives.

Step 2 (15 mins)

  1. After completing the list of words, pupils to go to ‘Word List’ and do

the same procedure as in A4 before proceeding to the ‘Selection

Option’ and click the icon on ‘Solve’

  1. Next, pupils to rearrange a given set of letters (e.g. airf) into an

adjective (i.e. fair)

  1. The given definitions and sentences are to provide clues in solving

the words with the given 25 jumble letters.

Step3 (15 mins)

  1. Pupils to rearrange the jumble words to form adjectives based on the given definition
  2. Next, pupils to write out the given sentences shown on the screen in and to complete the blanks with the appropriate adjectives.

example: dIsdnpei (jumble words)

very beautiful; striking (definition)

The Grand Canyon is a splendid sight.

Step 4 (15mins)

Conclusion

Teacher to distribute two worksheets to pupils who will be tasked to underline the adjectives from given sentences for Worksheet 1. For

Worksheet 2, pupils to replace underlined words by a suitable adjective.

Worksheet 1

 

Name: ________________________ Date: ____________

Class: ______________________

Underline the correct adjectives from the given set of sentences.

 

  1. I feel uneasy in the company of strangers.

 

  1. He made a false statement to the police.

 

  1. You should have seen the show. It was hilarious!

 

  1. There was queue of eager children outside the cinema.

 

  1. The Great Wall of China is a marvellous sight.

 

  1. Mary bought me an upright piano.

 

  1. The beggar lived in a miserable hut that was almost falling into bits.

 

  1. Peter has grown into a sturdy youth.

 

  1. The soldier spoke in a gruff voice.

 

  1. Dad’s getting a bit plump. He needs to go on a diet.

 

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Worksheet 1

 

Answer Key

 

  1. uneasy

 

  1. false

 

  1. hilarious

 

  1. eager

 

  1. marvellous

 

  1. upright

 

  1. miserable

 

  1. sturdy

 

  1. gruff

 

  1. plump

 

 

 

 

Worksheet 2

 

Replace the underlined word(s) by a suitable adjectives.

Name: ________________________ Date: ____________

Class: ______________________

 

  1. Peter was a delicate child but he has grown into a strong and healthy

youth.

Peter was a delicate child but he has grown into a ________________

youth.

 

 

  1. We have an everyday stroll along Changi beach.

We have a________________ stroll along Changi beach.

 

 

  1. Mrs Tan bought a round mirror at the shopping centre.

Mrs Tan bought a ________________ mirror at the shopping centre.

 

 

  1. When her son did not return, she grew anxious.

When her son did not return, she grew ________________ .

 

 

  1. The whole house was burnt down so that not one wall was left

standing.

The ________________ house was burnt down so that not one wall

was left standing.

 

 

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  1. He enjoyed watching a very funny comedy.

He enjoyed watching a ________________ comedy.

 

  1. What a wonderful idea!

What a ________________ idea!

 

 

  1. I’m keen to join the sports club because most of my friends

belong to it.

I’m ________________ to join the sports club because most of my

friends belong to it.

 

 

  1. It was almost dark when Jim bowled the last ball in our cricket

match.

It was almost dark when Jim bowled the ________________ ball in

our cricket match.

 

 

  1. John spoke in a rough voice.

John spoke in a ________________ voice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Worksheet 2

 

 

Answer Key

  1. sturdy
  1. daily
  1. circular
  1. uneasy
  1. entire
  1. hilarious
  1. marvellous
  1. eager
  1. final
  1. gruff

 

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