One of the easiest ways to improve writing and to create captivating writing pieces is to include adjectives. In a world where we get so used to hearing the same words, it's time to expand our vocabulary and be able to describe people, feelings, places, and things with some 'wow' words!

 In this self-paced class, we will be focusing on feelings. We all know words such as happy, sad, angry, scared, and surprised- but why stick to those words when you can be so much more descriptive? Changing up your adjective can make all the difference in both your writing and your speaking. Why say, "I feel happy about my new gift!" when you can say "I am delighted with this!" or "Thank you for my gift, I am ecstatic!" Students will have ample practice with new and exciting adjectives in this course and this will improve both speaking and writing. Each lesson we will focus on a new feeling and with each feeling, there will be a lesson and activities available

 The first thing we will do is introduce a feeling. We will draw a picture based on how we see that feeling and label our drawing with as many words as we know (without looking in a thesaurus or online). The next lesson will be a lesson really discussing the feeling and learning new and exciting adjectives to describe this feeling. A few guided questions will be given so students can practice using these new words in a few sentences.  The third activity will be a challenge to use 3-5 of these new adjectives inside a new written sentence. This helps students not only revise the words but also take ownership of it in their own work. Students will then be given a few sentences or short stories about different characters and they will have to decide which characters are experiencing the feelings that they have learned about. They will need to find the words in the sentence or short story that give clues. Eg: Ben did not think it was fair. He clenched his teeth and frowned. Finally, students will be given a quiz at the end of each topic. The final lesson will be a week of review.

 All lessons can be done in your own time and personalized feedback will be given when writing has been submitted. 

All resources can be printed and kept by students. These will be great resources to keep and use whenever you are creating a story and discussing how a character may be feeling.