Adjectives – Basic Lesson

1. Introduction

Revision

Revise the topic of the previous lesson through a song, simple game, short video, story or a joke.

Introduction

Introduce the new topic and vocabulary to your students through a song, simple game / activity, video or a story.

Lesson Starters:

Song(s)

Big, Big, Big | Adjectives Song for Kids
Sing along with adjectives big, little, long, short, tall, fast, slow. Duration: 1:27.

Books

Fun Dog, Sun Dog by Deborah Heiligman
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Old Hat, New Hat by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
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2. Study

Look, listen and repeat the new words together. Repeat the words many times. You can say them in different ways e.g. loudly, quietly, happily, fast, slow etc. The kids love inventing new ways!

Use the PowerPoint-presentations or Flashcards that you can find on the right hand side..

Words of the Week:

You may choose to study only 6 words or all the 12 words at once.

• happy
• sad
• angry
• hungry
• thirsty
• tired
• big
• small
• tall
• short
• fast
• slow

3. Activities

Choose and print one or two activities from the right hand side. Interactive games and activities are good at this point but you may also choose a simple worksheet.

You can also find the words on Quizlet.

Other Activity Ideas:

Pantomime

1. Put adjective card to hat or little bag/container.
2. Pick one card at the time from the hat.
3. The one who picked the card tries to make everyone else guess what word it is by pantomiming the word.

Bigger, smaller

1. Students form a circle.
2. Use adjectives e.g. TALL, SHORT, SMALL, BIG. LONG.
3. Bigger-version is played first. Ensiksi pelataan suurenee-ver.
4. One will start and says one adjective e.g. TALL and keeps his/hers hands almost together leaving a small gap in between.
5. Next player says also TALL and makes the gap between the hands a little bit bigger. Seuraava sanoo myös tall ja suurentaa käsien väliä.
6. Next player does the same and the movement gets bigger and bigger until it is impossible to have hands any further apart.
7. All adjectives are said/played.
8. Last the smaller-version is played by starting with the biggest gap between the hands and making the gap smaller by each player.

Tip: Can be played in groups of three by using the the comparisons of adjectives: TALL, TALLER, TALLEST.

4. Wrap-up

Choose a topic that you want to highlight to the students from this lesson. It might be:

• something the students did extremely well. Thank and praise!
• revising the words once more using the PowerPoint presentation or flashcards (images only)
• a worksheet
• giving homework (i.e. teach 2-3 words to teach to someone in your family);
• repeat the lesson starter song / game / video / story.