Title – Creative Writing using Colors and Adjectives

By – Michael Chick

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Secondary Subjects – Other

Grade Level – 4

Special Education Grade Level – 6-8

New York State Standards:

ELA 2

Instructional Objective:

Student will be able to use adjectives for creative writing.

Motivation:

Bring in a can of bright pink paint and ask the students to describe how the color makes them feel (e.g., it makes me feel happy).

Materials/ Resources Needed:

• 
  All the Colors of the Earth
  
  by Sheila Hamanaka
  
• Can of pink paint
  
• Chalkboard
  
• Chalk
  
• Paper
  
• Pencils

Procedure:

• Read the book
  
  All the Colors of the Earth
  
  to the class.
• While reading the book, point out the metaphors. For example, after reading “roaring brown” and “whispering gold,” ask the students, “Do browns really roar?” or “Do golds really whisper?”

Modeling:

• Have the students write a poem using colors.
• Provide a list of adjectives on the chalkboard (i.e., cheerful, lonely, friendly, brave, etc.) for the students to use in their poems.

Guided Practice:

Ask the students to think about a few colors and to try to use some of the provided adjectives to describe these colors.

Independent Practice:

The students will rewrite their poem using adjectives to describe all of their colors.

Closure:

The students will share their poems in a small group.

Follow-Up:

• For homework, the students will be asked to think of other ways they can use adjectives to describe words.
• They will write a story in which adjectives are used to describe words (e.g., they might write “the boy walked down the lonely street”) and turn it into class the next day.

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