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2 Twelve Activities Common Core Standard Activity Name Page 2.L.1.d 2.L.5.b Adjectives and Adverbs Using Adjectives and Adverbs... Adjective and Adverb Sentence Dissection Adjective and Adverb Word Sort Adjective and Adverb ASSESSMENT Shades of Meaning Among Closely Related Adjectives... Shades of Meaning Adjective List Shades of Meaning Printable Adjective Shades of Meaning ASSESSMENT Anchor Charts... Answer Keys Answer key available in pages Page 2

3 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Common Core Standard: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Answer Key L.2.1.e Sentence Dissec.on PRINTABLE (Pg 1 of 1) Directions: in each sentence there are two words circled. One word is an ADJECTIVE and the other word is an ADVERB. You must draw an arrow to the word it modifies. The first one has been done for you. Extension: Color the circled ADJECTIVES RED and the circled ADVERBS BLUE. 1. The fluffy cat quietly purred in my lap. 2. My nice grandmother knits beautifully. 3. On calm mornings, I like to walk briskly by the river. 4. The witch wickedly tricked the nice kids. 5. Miguel expertly built a tall Lego tower. 6. Sarah quickly walked to the fancy store. 7. I delicately decorated the pink birthday cake. 8. The choir beautifully sings the sweet song. 9. The cheerful teacher kindly shared her supplies. 10. The rowdy kids worked together to quietly sit at the rug. Page 3 Name:

4 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Common Core Standard: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Answer Key L.2.1.e Sort PRINTABLE (Pg 1 of 4) Adjective and Adverb word sort Directions: The next two pages include 16 boxes. Cut the boxes out and sort the underlined words into the two categories: Adjectives or Adverbs Record your answers below. Adjectives Adverbs Page 4 Name:

5 Adjectives and Adverb Sort (Continued) Sort PRINTABLE (Pg 2 of 4) happy teacher Open quickly fly high ask nicely green tree yummy food cheerfully singing cold snow Page 5

6 Adjectives and Adverb Sort (Continued) Sort PRINTABLE (Pg 3 of 4) Frozen ice Share generously throw softly red nose Speak quietly bright candle gently play quickly run Page 6

7 Adjectives and Adverb Sort (Continued) Sort PRINTABLE (Pg 4 of 4) Adjectives describe nouns For example: fluffy dog Adverbs describe verbs For example: walk slowly Page 7

8 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Common Core Standard: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Teacher Note: The first two words are adjectives and the second two are adverbs. Evidence of mastery in daily wri5ng? Mastery on this assessment? L.2.1.e Assessment Directions: Use the words in a sentence: colorful nervous barely quickly Page 8 Name:

9 VERBS Common Core Standard: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). L.2.5.b Word List PRINTABLE (Pg 1 of 2) Shades of Meaning Verb List Directions: In box #1, replace the underlined verb with as many closely related verbs as you can think of. After you have at least 5 words, sort the words from the biggest action to the smallest action in box #2. You have to jump across the stream. Smallest Jump Biggest Jump Can you move that book? Page 9 Name:

10 Verbs Shades of Meaning List (Continued) Word List PRINTABLE (Pg 2 of 2) You should push the button to turn it on. I always eat pizza on Fridays. Page 10 Name:

11 Verbs Shades of Meaning List (Continued) Word List PRINTABLE (Pg 2 of 2) Can you throw the ball to me? Make up your own Page 11 Name:

12 VERBS Common Core Standard: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). L.2.5.b Draw a line PRINTABLE (Pg 1 of 2) Shades of meaning Although there may be many different words for the same thing, there are usually slight differences in meaning. For example, mad and furious both mean angry, but furious means more angry than mad does. Directions: Draw an arrow from each word to where you think it belongs on the shades of meaning continuum. The first one was completed for you. freezing cold cool less cold most cold leap bounce jump smallest jump biggest jump eat gobble nibble eat less eat more collapse trip stumble smallest fall biggest fall Page 12 Name:

13 Verbs Shades of Meaning List (Continued) Draw a Line PRINTABLE (Pg 2 of 2) scream talk yell least loud most loud trot walk saunter slowest fastest throw hurl toss shortest throw longest throw sleep daydream nap lightest sleep deepest sleep laugh giggle smile smallest laugh biggest laugh Page 13 Name:

14 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Common Core Standard: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). Evidence of mastery in daily wri5ng? L.2.5.b Assessment Mastery on this assessment? Directions: Compare the two sentences. How does the meaning of the sentence stay the same and change when the underlined word changes. Both sentences kind of mean the same thing because.. My mother is a good artist. My mother is a neat artist. When the underlined word is changed, the sentence is a little different because... Both sentences kind of mean the same thing because.. My dog is slow when he walks. My dog is lazy when he walks. When the underlined word is changed, the sentence is a little different because... Page 14 Name:

15 Twelve Activities Page 15

16 s are d r o w Some. e m he sa t y l r a ne Look closely and you will see how they are different. How are these word groups the same and different? 2013 Teaching and Tapas Page 16

17 Describe a noun They tell... scary tall pretty What it looks like bright wet fluffy pink red blue What color grey purple orange chocolate soft crunchy What kind wet velvet ten hard hundreds six how many few one many The tall boy plays with the orange ball Teaching and Tapas Page Teaching and Tapas Page 17

18 Describe a verb They tell... how the action (Verb) is done how often loudly quietly slowly barely nearly cheerfully quickly kindly daily always briefly sometimes weekly hourly often monthly My dad quietly reads while the cat purrs softly Teaching and Tapas Page Teaching and Tapas Page 18

19 Twelve Activities 2013 Teaching and Tapas Page 19

20 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Common Core Standard: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Answer Key L.2.1.e Sentence Dissec.on PRINTABLE (Pg 1 of 1) Directions: in each sentence there are two words circled. One word is an ADJECTIVE and the other word is an ADVERB. You must draw an arrow to the word it modifies. The first one has been done for you. Extension: Color the circled ADJECTIVES RED and the circled ADVERBS BLUE. 1. The fluffy cat quietly purred in my lap. 2. My nice grandmother knits beautifully. 3. On calm mornings, I like to walk briskly by the river. 4. The witch wickedly tricked the nice kids. 5. Miguel expertly built a tall Lego tower. 6. Sarah quickly walked to the fancy store. 7. I delicately decorated the pink birthday cake. 8. The choir beautifully sings the sweet song. 9. The cheerful teacher kindly shared her supplies. 10. The rowdy kids worked together to quietly sit at the rug. Page 20 Name:

21 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Common Core Standard: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Answer Key L.2.1.e Sort PRINTABLE (Pg 1 of 4) Adjective and Adverb word sort Directions: The next two pages include 16 boxes. Cut the boxes out and sort the underlined words into the two categories: Adjectives or Adverbs Record your answers below. Adjectives happy green yummy cold frozen red bright Adverbs quickly high nicely cheerfully generously so@ly quietly gently quickly Page 21 Name:

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