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Key  Learning  Areas  

Word  Skills  

Concepts  Taught  

Adjectives  and  Adverbs  

Target  Age  

9  –  10  Year  Olds  

Duration  

1  x  60  minute  Session  

You  will  need:  

Charlie  and  the  Chocolate  Factory  Book  

Adjectives  &  Adverbs  Skill  sheet  

Adjectives  and  Adverbs  Chart  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online  Resources:  • http://edgalaxy.com/educati

on-quotes • http://edgalaxy.com/classro

om-posters-charts/2013/9/10/14-

educational-quotes-posters • http://www.youtube.com/w

atch?v=iPnYfwLOw84  

Essential  Questions  

• WHAT  ARE  ADJECTIVES?  • WHAT  ARE  ADVERBS?  • HOW  DO  ADVERBS  AND  

ADJECTIVES  HELP  WITH  UNDERSTANDING  TEXT?    

 

Learning  Intention  /  Overview  Adjectives   are   words   that   describe   nouns.     Adverbs   are   words  that   describe   verbs.       This   activity   will   practice   identifying   and  locating  adjectives  and  adverbs  by  describing  parts  of  Charlie  and  the   Chocolate   Factory.     Adjectives   and   adverbs   can   be   part   of  word   skills   that   incorporate   vocabulary   that   is   important   in  helping  students  form  mental   images  about  scenes  and  settings  in   a   story.     Forming   these   metal   pictures   assists   students   in  understanding  what  they  are  reading.  

Methods  /  Teaching  Strategies  • Class  Discussion  • Modeling  • Creative  Art  •  Independent  Practice  

Assessment  of  Learning  • Adjectives  and  Adverbs    Page(provided)  • Demonstrated  an  understanding  of  adjectives  and  adverbs  

through  art. How  might  you  customize  or  alter  this  lesson?  

 

 

                                                                                               

rainy  Sunday  

white  horse  

jumped  quickly  

swiftly  walked  

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Activity  1:    Students  will  probably  remember  that  adjectives  describe  nouns  and  adverbs  describe  verbs.    Remind  students  that  a  very  popular  type  of  adverb  ends  in  “ly.”  Reinforce  this  understanding  by  showing  the  following  chart.    Have  students  read  each  phrase  from  the  chapter  book,  Charlie  and  the  Chocolate  Factory.    Discuss  the  words  or  phrases  that  have  highlighted  adjectives  and  adverbs.  

ADJECTIVES   ADVERBS  sticking  the  gooey  piece  (chapter  8)   had  eagerly  explained  (ch.  6)  brilliant  flash  of  gold  (chapter  11)   were  practically  starving  (ch.  16)  funny  long  hair  (chapter15)   white  and  spotlessly  clean(ch.  18)  two  naughty  little  children  (chapter  22)   simply  covered  with  garbage  (ch.  29)  gigantic  covered  vans  (chapter  29)   just  terrifically  excited  (ch.  28)  

 

Activity  2:    Display  the  following  short  paragraph  for  student  viewing.    Discuss  the  adverbs  and  adjectives  that  are  used  throughout  the  paragraph  by  highlighting  those  words.    

The talented cheerleaders were loudly screaming at the ballgame. Everyone was super excited because the ballgame was tied. The home team had the ball. The boys were slowly moving the ball up the shiny floor. With two seconds left, swish, the spinning ball fell smoothly through the net. The crowd exploded wildly!

Remind students that adjectives can tell what kind or how many. Refer to the chart and paragraph for support.

 

 

Teaching  Instructions  

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Activity  3:  Pass  out  the  adjectives  and  adverb  page  and  allow  students  to  complete  this  independently.  

The author in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory refers to several types of rooms at the factory. Reread each chapter that corresponds to each room. List descriptions of each room and highlight the adjectives and adverbs.

Chapter 15: The Chocolate Room

Chapter 19: The Inventing Room

Chapter 24: The Nut Room

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Creative Extension: Using your descriptions listed illustrate ONE of the rooms from above. You may use the back of this paper or a white drawing paper.

Possible Answers for the paragraph that is orally completed in activity 2.

The talented cheerleaders were loudly screaming at the ballgame. Everyone was super excited because the ballgame was tied. The home team had the ball. The boys were slowly moving the ball up the shiny floor. With two seconds left, swish, the spinning ball fell smoothly through the net. The crowd exploded wildly!

ANSWERS MAY VARY!!!

Chapter 15: The Chocolate Room

• Hot melted chocolate river completely bowed over • Beautiful rooms carefully stuck • Amazing sight said excitedly • Tremendous waterfalls • Enormous glass pipes • Lovely valley • Green meadows

Chapter 19: The Inventing Room

• Red door delicious rich smells • Everlasting Gobstopper cold air • Most important room black metal pots • Secret inventions hair toffee • Strange iron machines private door • Backed water furiously completely new

Chapter 24: The Nut Room

• Amazing sights walnut mounds • Small trained squirrels said importantly • Extremely difficult task bad nut • One hundred squirrels tiny strong paws

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Creative Extension: Using your descriptions listed illustrate ONE of the rooms from above. You may use the back of this paper or a white drawing paper. (EXCEPT REASONABLE DRAWINGS)