Popcorn Writing
By Caroline Wyman

Objective: The students will be able to use adjectives that use a lot of description in their writing. Grades 2-5

Initiation: Read a sentence using little description..."The apple tasted good when the boy bit into it." Then revise the sentence using description "The juicy red apple tasted tart when the boy bit into it." Ask which sentence really gives you an understanding of what the apple tasted like. What are some other things that taste tart?

Development: Have students write a sentence about popcorn. Read some outloud. Hand out a handful of popcorn to everyone and chart all of the describing words on a chart that describes popcorn. Crunchy, salty, buttery, soft...have the students eat some of it, chart some more words about the popcorn. Have the students revise their sentences using their new describing words. Ask which sentence describes the popcorn the best. Have the students chart all of their describing words on a colored piece of construction paper and glue on the left over popcorn all over the paper.

Closure: Use the describing popcorn paper for a bulletin board.

Materials: Popcorn, glue, construction paper

Time: 30 min.

Caroline Wyman has a degree in Sociology and a Masters in Elementary Education and is the administrator for TeacherNet.com.

Popcorn Writing By Caroline Wyman

Popcorn Writing
By Caroline Wyman