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Nouns, Verbs & Nouns, Verbs & AdjectivesAdjectives

Nouns, Verbs & Nouns, Verbs & AdjectivesAdjectivesMs. Kittredge’sMs. Kittredge’s

Grade 5Grade 5

2005/062005/06

Have fun learning about nouns, verbs

and adjectives!

What are nouns?

Nouns are people, places and things.

Nouns are people

a

t

h

l

e

t

e

Mmmm…milk!

Mrs. Von Flatern

Hi there!

Nouns are places

lumber yard

restaurant

Nouns are things

flower

sneaker

What are verbs?

Verbs are words that show action and existence.

Verb show action

t

h

i

n

k

i

n

g

I wonder what’s for supper?

blowing

m

u

n

c

h

i

n

gSee chips!

Verbs show existence

The car is parked.

The

flowers

were

alive

yesterday.

What are adjectives?

Adjectives are words that describe nouns.

This was a magnificent sunset.

This bowl is red and shiny.

Your Task• Use the digital camera to take a

photo of an image to represent a noun, a verb and an adjective

• Resize your photos• Move your photos to a slide in the

class PowerPoint• Label your slides

Assessment• A diamante poem describes a topic by utilizing nouns,

verbs and adjectives in a specific pattern to form a diamond shape.

• You will write a diamante poem about yourself.• Go to the web site:

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante

• Use the interactive template to write your diamante poem

• Print your poem• Match your diamante to a picture of yourself that was

taken by a member of your group• Pass in for a grade Example