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The students are to take a walking
trip to the nearest park or forest preserve.  During this time, the
students will be asked to find an object that can be experienced through each of
the five senses.  The students’ descriptions will be kept on a data
collection sheet.  {*Note: the students should not attempt to taste objects
they are observing.} 

2.

    


Upon returning, the students will
use their observations to create a poem.  The poem should describe a
singular object and must contain four of the five senses.

3.

    


Once the students have written
their poems, the class will discuss some of the ways the students described
their items.  Next, the instructor will explain that a description of an
object is called an adjective because it is adding new ideas to the noun or
pronoun.  An adjective is the part of speech that describes
something.  They often answer the question, which one, what kind, what
color, etc.

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After a short discussion on
adjectives, the students will return to their poem and attempt to identify the
adjectives they used.  This will be done by underlining the adjectives
throughout their poem.

The teacher will pick up an
item and demonstrate to the students how you can describe the object using the
five senses.  The teacher should also draw attention to the example poem
listed on the students’ data collection sheet.