Warm Up: Sept 10, 2014

• Mark the underlined words adj or adv to demonstrate they are adjectives or adverbs.

• If we go back a century to one hundred years ago, the philosophy of the great French Chefs, like Carême and Escoffier as prominent throughout the culinary world. Complex sauces, elaborate presentations, and lots of calories was the norm for gourmet cuisine. Into the twentieth century, cooks moved more toward cuisine that was clean, diverse, and experimental in response to cultural processes.

Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

• Descriptive words• Describe nouns• Add adjectives to the following sentences:

• 1. The mountain loomed in the distance.• 2. The girl’s shoes were old.• 3. At Halloween, Mira likes to dress like a witch.

Adverbs

• Words that modify verbs• Tell you when or how something is happening• Often end in –ly

• 1. The chef chopped the vegetables.• 2. A deer ran out in front of my car, so I swerved to

keep from hitting it.• 3. The two danced all night.

Purpose of Adjectives & Adverbs

• To make sentences more interesting• To add details to a text• The visual representation of a thought or idea