Capture the moment
By: Bill McLaren
The slides themselvesYou will notice each of these symbols in the
upper right corner of every page.
This bar will take you back to the beginning
The purple arrow will take you back to the previous slide
The biege arrow will take you to the next slide
Other buttons Some slides will use
other buttons so that you can move between slides, to the next step, or cause various other actions to occur.
These slides will explain the action associated with the button, but always try them out, chances are they have a purpose!
Yes, even these!
Hyperlinks
The other thing you will see are hyperlinks, that will take you to web sites.
If you click these, you will be opening a web browser. You should close, or minimize, the browser before you return to this project.
http://www.msu.edu/
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
My college
Great place for clip art
Click one of the above links to practice.
What kind of project is this?
Interactive powerpoint
Writing activity that will help you use descriptive words
Practice being creative
Use images to inspire writing
How do I use this?This is the home slide, from here you can get to the
other parts of the project. You will need to start with the lessons, then go to the quizzes, and after passing the quizzes you will be able to click the
pictures link. small lessons
pictures
quizzes
Psssst… “Quizzes and Pictures” won’t work yet!
Clicking the home bar will always bring you here!
Definitions ReviewNoun - words that are used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
Verb - a word that expresses an action
Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun
Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Click these boxes to see examples
Noun - words that are used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
Joe - personAlaska - place
house - place or thingfish - thinglove - idea
To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below
Verb - a word that expresses an action
Run, skip, jump, all words that show us in action.
To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below
Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun
What kind - colors (blue, red, orange),big, large, strong, safe, etc.
How many - numbers (10, 19), words likeseveral
Which one - this, that
To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below
Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Carefully - howEarly or late - whenEverywhere - whereAlmost - to what extent
To return to the “definitions slide” click the button below
Descriptive words are oftenadjectives.
Adjectives are words that tell us informationabout, or modify, nouns; things like…
Dictionary.com Definition
how many
which one
what kind
and/or any other words that help us know more about the subject.
Adverbs are another type of descriptor.
Adverbs modify, or change, any verb, adjective, or other adverb
Dictionary.com Definition
Often adverbs answer the questions how, when,where, or to what extent
This is the end of the review!Parts of Speech
Adjectivesdescribe nouns
Nouns
Adverbs candescribe verbs
Verbs
Adverbs candescribe verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs candescribe other
adverbs
Adverbs
Parts of Speech
To go back to the beginning of the review, click this picture.
If you are ready, click the arrow to go to the quizzes page.
How do I use this?This is the home slide, from here you can get to the
other parts of the project. You will need to start with the lessons, then go to the quizzes, and after passing the quizzes you will be able to click the
pictures link. small lessons
pictures
quizzes
Psssst… It might look like the home slide, but I bet “quizzes” works as a link now!
Clicking the home bar will always bring you here!
Quizzes
Adverbs
If you are too scared, click here to return to the review page.
This is the first of two, small quizzes. The quizzes are my way to be sure that you have a basic understanding
of the parts of speech.
Click on the picture to take the quiz. After passing this quiz, you will go to a second quiz. Once you pass both quizzes, you will be able
to go on to the fun part!
Adverbs
Question: Can an adverb modify another adverb?
YES NO
Well done!
Excellent work! Click below to continue to the second quiz.
Wrong!
Try that again? Click below.
Click below to study more first.
Quiz #2
Adjectives
If you are too scared, click here to return to the review page.
Click on the picture to take the second quiz. Pass this one and you are off to the fun part of
this activity!
Adjectives
Question: Can an adjective modify verbs?
YES NO
Wrong!
Try that Again?
Study first if you must!
Yes!
Excellent work! Now for the fun part!
Click below and follow the link to the pictures!
How do I use this?This is the home slide, from here you can get to the
other parts of the project. You will need to start with the lessons, then go to the quizzes, and after passing the quizzes you will be able to click the
pictures link. small lessons
pictures
quizzes
Now for the fun part! Click on the link to the pictures and practice using these parts
of speech.
Clicking the home bar will always bring you here!
Why describe?
1. To add interest to your writing
2. Offer variety to the reader
3. Help the reader create a picture,or see a picture, from your writing
Press these to look at examples.
Adds interest, hmmm…The dog was barking.
Where is the interest?
Wouldn’t you like to know more?
Whose dog?
What kind of bark?
Add some adjectives and look at the difference.
Jenny’s giant bull dog was barking viciously!
Variety is the spice of life.
The brown tree was tall. In the forest there were manybrown trees. Most of the trees were tall.
Good information but man am I bored!
Add a few adjectives, and descriptive words,let us see the different trees!
The rusty brown tree was taller than a house. The hugeforest was filled with trees; Maples, Oaks, even a fewBirch trees. All of the trees were at least forty feet tall.
Show, don’t tell!
The room was destroyed by the fire.
Use adjectives and descriptive words to build a picturefor your readers; give them details!
Do the words above describe the picture that appears when you click the dragon?
Create this image with your words!
Here are my words for the fire.
The large room was filled with scorched debris. All thewindows were smashed, and the charred window sillsmatched the blackened walls. Nothing was spared by thedestructive heat. Everything, big and small, valuable andworthless, all of it was destroyed.
All of the yellow words are descriptive words - adjectivesand adverbs.
Now for some practice!
Look at the following slides. Use adjectives and adverbs to help you write three descriptive
sentences for each picture. The next slide is a quick review. After that choose the picture you
find interesting.
ReviewNoun - words that are used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
Verb - a word that expresses an action
Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun
Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
John opened the door.
Green = noun
Olive = verb
Blue = adjective
Red = adverb
Ben grabbed the keys.
The large steak was cooked.
The surprisingly fast man caught him.
Picture IndexClick picture to enlarge
Ahhh, the woods
Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.
Icy memory
Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.
Throw now?
Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.
I won?
Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.
Earth at night
Write at least three sentences, then click to go back to the index.
Great work!
Now you have worked through the parts of speech review and writing practice.
You have captured the moment by using description to help people see the same picture you were looking at.
But best of all you accomplished all of this by making the choices that helped you get it done!
The End