Exploring Adjectives with The Gruffalo

Exploring Adjectives with The Gruffalo

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to write longer sentences, using multiple adjectives to describe the story characters in great detail.

What do you already know about adjectives?

Introduction to Adjectives

Adjectives are describing words that tell us more about the nouns. They make our writing more interesting and help paint a picture in the reader's mind.

Meet The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo is a character from the book by Julia Donaldson. He's big, scary, and has terrible tusks. Let's think of more adjectives to describe him.

Step 1: Simple Adjectives

Let's start by selecting simple adjectives to describe The Gruffalo. For example, big, scary, and terrible.

Step 1: Practice Time

Now, let's practice using simple adjectives to describe other characters from The Gruffalo.

Step 2: Using More Than One Adjective

To describe the characters in more detail, we can use more than one adjective. For example, the Gruffalo is big, scary, and hairy.

Step 2: Group Activity

In your groups, come up with sentences using more than one adjective to describe different characters from The Gruffalo.

Step 3: Writing Longer Sentences

Now, we will practice writing longer sentences that use multiple adjectives to describe The Gruffalo and other characters.

Step 3: Individual Writing

Each of you will write a sentence using multiple adjectives to describe a character from The Gruffalo. Be as descriptive as possible!

Wrap-Up

Well done! Today, we learned how to use adjectives to describe the characters from The Gruffalo in great detail.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.