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WELCOME!
Nouns, Verbs &
Adjectives
Ms. Kittredge’s
Grade 5
2005/06
Have fun learning
about nouns,
verbs and
adjectives!
What are nouns?
Nouns are people, places and things.
Nouns are people
Mmmm…milk
!
a
t
h
l
e
t
e
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
See chips!
n
g
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