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ELA 2

Student will be able to use adjectives for creative writing.

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).

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

• 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?"

• 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.

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

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

The students will share their poems in a small group.

• 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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