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ClanDestine · Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 17

hi there.

am looking for examples of lessons on reading skills and adjectives. if anyone can help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks.

Girl Scout · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 525 Location: Inbetween worlds

For a topic as broad as that, I suggest you start at about.com
[url]esl.about.com/od/englishreadingskills/[/url].
I don't usually teach adjectives as part of reading skills. I would have to guess you teaching at a begining levels.

We might be able to help more if you provided a little more information. What is the age group? How much do they already know? How much vocabulary? What are they trying to read or wanting to read? Anything else you care to share would also be helpful.

ClanDestine · Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 17

hi sorry, i should have provided more details. its an intermediate level. the students are all adults.

i was thinking of introducing a theme such as famous people and have them describe (thus introducing adjectives) someone famous and have the rest of the class try and guess who this person is. and then provide reading material on a famous person (be it fictional or non).

just a bit stuck on activities. will check the site out.

Super Mario · Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject:

You really need to model using examples of identifiers, describers, categorisers, qualifiers, etc, and the order in which they should be used, eg:
That elderly grey haired man by the door.
Make up lots of little cards from each group [eg, the, my, those, a, one], and get them to correctly mix and match their own noun groups.
Works for me.