ABCya
Ab Cya: Parts of Speech Game: Word Invasion
Brush up your ability to identify parts of speech with an interactive game. Select at least two parts of speech and the speed you think you can handle for the game and click your mouse on the jellyfish words that match the part of speech...
Crayola
Crayola All About Adjectives and Alliteration
This lesson plan (for students age 4 and up) from the Crayola website, incorporates phonics, adjectives, and visual arts. Students make "Rubbings," with crayons while discovering adjectives that begin with the same letter. Provides...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Adjectives and Adverbs 5
This slideshow lesson focuses on adjectives and adverbs. After looking at the similarities between them, it discusses each individually including their purpose, location, the questions they answer, and examples for each.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Tell Me About It
Students will be able to describe familiar items and with prompting and support provide additional details by making Flubber. Making Flubber encourages students to engage in descriptive dialogue which helps develop the ability to provide...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Guess My Solid
Descriptive details are used as students develop a guessing game poster for others to try and guess their chosen solid. Included in this detailed lesson plan are videos, samples of student work, a printable worksheet, an assessment...
Other
Abrams Books: Picture Day Perfection: A Common Core State Standards Aligned
This activity and discussion guide uses the book "Picture Day Perfect" to teach multiple common core state standards for language arts. Included in this lesson are discussion questions, a craft project, printable worksheets, and an...
CPALMS
Cpalms: A Chilly Feeling
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this close reading lesson plan, the students will analyze the poem "It Fell in the City" by Eve Merriam. They will read the poem, identify words or phrases that show feelings or appeal to the senses,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Awe Inspiring, Extraordinary, Erudite Kids
Using complex language, including rich descriptors, is necessary for mastery of the CCSS Standards. This instructional activity is a great instructional activity in using adjectives to enrich speaking and writing. Included are a video...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Who's at the Door? Use Images to Find Out!
Students will use words acquired through reading to describe images (with adjectives) that demonstrate an understanding of characters in a story. The teacher will read Miss Nelson is Back which has great descriptors and will hold a class...
Other
Wisewire: Grade 3 Playlist: Identifying Real Life Connections Between Words
Often, without even realizing it, readers are connecting the words they read to their everyday lives. The human brain is moving so fast that even while reading, behind the scenes, readers are making connections to their real lives and to...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Definitions of Basic Sentence Parts
This site from Capital Community College Foundation provides all the different parts of speech and their definitions. It also shows word functions and their use.
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Irregular Adjectives
This site, from Tex's French Grammar, is an excellent site which has a clear, concise explanation of adjectives that are irregular for gender or in forming plurals (doux/douce, faux.fausse, etc.). It provides examples and interactive...
University College London
University College London: Adverbs
This grammar site sponsored by University College London features an entire lesson on adverbs and an exercise to test your knowledge.
University College London
University College London: Adjectives
This University College London site features an extended grammar lesson on adjectives and their use. Includes an exercise to test your knowledge.
University College London
University College London: Attributive and Predicative Adjectives
This University College London site provides an advanced grammar lesson on adjectives (attributive, postpositive, and predicate adjectives), and includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
University College London
University College London: Inherent Adjectives
Grammar survey of inherent and non-inherent adjectives and stative and dynamic adjectives with examples.
University College London
University College London: Nominal Adjectives
This tutorial site provides a detailed lesson on the purpose and use of nominal adjectives. Includes examples.
University College London
University College London: Verbs
This site from the University College London has some good, basic information on verbs. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
University College London
University College London: The Infinitive Form
This University College London site has information on infinitive verbs. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
University College London
University College London: Noun or Adjective?
Determine whether bold word is a noun or an adjective. Answers explained. Site by University College London.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Parts of Speech
This entry provides links to information about the correct usage of various parts of speech, complete with examples.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Adjectives
This entry focuses on adjectives including their functions, questions they answer, and comparative and superlative forms. Each is accompanied by an explanation and examples.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Qualifiers /Intensifiers
This entry defines qualifiers/intensifiers (very, too, so, quite, rather), explains their purpose, and provides examples.
University of Washington
Mary Nell's Grammar Summaries
The University of Washington provides an excellent collection of grammar-related summaries. The collection includes material on verb tenses, agreement, noncount nouns, and many other topics.