Adjective phrases

Poll

Would you be interested in a cellphone that only works for calling?

Why or why not?

• Interest? Are you kidding me?

• Maybe.

• Sure, seems vintage.

• How did you get here today?

• Did anything catch your attention?

Adjective phrases

What are adjective phrases?

A group of words used to describe a noun (person, place, idea, thing, etc.)

Why use adjective phrases?

To add color, detail, life, pizzaz to the idea we want to express.

• Use a series of adjectives

• Comparisons, comparatives, and superlatives

• Prepositions

• Adverbs

• Compound adjectives

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​Making adjective phrases

Time to practice

You are going to watch a video where two groups of people are passing around basketballs.
-Take 5 minutes to come up with as many descriptions as you can about what you saw. You can describe movements, people, objects; whatever comes to mind about the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_lTKZm1Ts

Time to practice 2

• Read an excerpt from an Edgar Allen Poe story/poem with a classmate.

• Read again, but this time, highlight the adjective phrases you encounter.

• Paraphrase two or three of the phrases you highlighted to give the text a different feel.

• Share with the class.