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Dedication
For Michael, and the joy it will bring him to learn
that words are just another playground
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pretest/Posttest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What Are Describing Words? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Color Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Matching Pictures with Words 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Matching Pictures with Words 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Parts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Parts 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Parts 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Airplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sorting Pictures 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sorting Pictures 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sorting Pictures 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Naming by Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Naming Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Synonym Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opposite Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Matching Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Action Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Finding Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Completing Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Describing Tic-Tac-Toe 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Describing Tic-Tac-Toe 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Describing Tic-Tac-Toe 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Completing a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Excluding Describing Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Excluding Words to Describe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Describing Things 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Describing Things 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Introduction
All students need to expand their working vocabularies. Some students have a natural facility for
language and semantic relationships, enabling them to enlarge their vocabulary almost effortlessly.
Simply reading, listening and talking seem to boost these students vocabulary skills.
Many other students need to exert conscious energy to understand and recall an increasingly diverse
vocabulary. Some of them are poor or reluctant readers. Other students have limited exposure to
a rich variety of spoken English. Still others have language-learning disabilities, attention disorders
or ineffective systems for storing and retrieving vocabulary. All of these students can benefit from
specific vocabulary exposure and instruction. They can improve their vocabulary skills through
conscious attention and guided learning.
The main goal of Spotlight on Vocabulary books is to help students recognize and use specific
strategies to enrich their skills for understanding and using an increasingly rich vocabulary. Attributes
teaches students the many ways we use words to describe things. These are the student objectives
of this book:
To learn to describe what things look like, feel like, taste like,
sound like, or smell like
Here are some guidelines for doing the activities in this book with your students:
A CD of the activities in this book is included inside the back cover. You can photocopy the
pages as necessary or print them directly from a printer.
Have your students take the Pretest/Posttest (page 6) before they begin doing the activities in
this book. When they have completed the book, have them retake the test and compare the
results to their original scores.
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Use each word in a sentence as you present it to your students. Then ask a student to use
it in another sentence.
Make sure your students have ready access to a student-friendly dictionary and thesaurus.
Encourage your students to consult these references while theyre doing the activities.
Use an opaque bag or box to hide a few objects. Have your students take turns feeling and
describing a mystery object from the bag/box for the other students to guess. Then display
the object and help your students write all the ways to describe the object, including what it
does/how we use it, what it looks like, what parts it has, where you find it, etc.
Give your students lots of practice both in identifying things from descriptions and in
describing things themselves. Be a good role model yourself by giving clear descriptions
of things as you present various lessons and activities to your students.
Use pictures of objects to play 20 Questions with your students. Each question should target
an attribute (a way to describe something) in a yes/no format, such as Does it have wings?
or Do we eat it?
Cut out ads from magazines or newspapers. Have your students work in small groups to
identify describing words and phrases. Have them explain these atrributes to the class.
Have your students create want ads for a new teacher, a new student, or their favorite
games. These want ads should feature lists of the desired attributes, such as Knows what
students like to do or Tells great jokes.
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Pretest/Posttest
Circle the describing word in each sentence.
1. I have fuzzy slippers on today.
2. Look at the brightest star in the sky.
3. There is a sleeping cat under the bed.
Cross out the word that cannot describe the bolded word in each row.
4. book
heavy
sour
large
tiny
5. child
sleepy
narrow
chilly
clever
6. frog
croaking
leaping
reading
swimming
7. jar
plastic
clear
talking
open
8. city
noisy
sharp
large
busy
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10. taco
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pretty
2.
rough
3.
yummy
4.
loud
5.
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smelly
Color Words
Color each picture after you tell the color or colors it can be.
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Shapes
1. Circle each thing that is shaped like a circle.
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frozen
2.
muddy
3.
asleep
4.
loud
5.
Roar
strong
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heavy
2.
silly
3.
worn
4.
wet
5.
tall
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Emotions
Circle the word that best describes how each person feels.
1.
mad
happy
lonely
2.
angry
surprised
happy
3.
tired
merry
sad
4.
joyful
grumpy
jolly
5.
tired
asleep
proud
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Parts 1
Circle each picture of something that has legs.
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Parts 2
Circle each picture of something that has a wheel.
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Parts 3
Circle each picture of something that has a hole.
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Weather
Draw a line from each weather symbol to a word it matches.
1.
cloudy
2.
rainy
3.
snowy
4.
partly cloudy
5.
sunny
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Airplane
Check the box beside each word or phrase that describes an airplane.
1.
has wings
8.
is curly
2.
on Monday
9.
is noisy
3.
flies
10.
has a pilot
4.
carries passengers
11.
has wheels
5.
windy
12.
has a tail
6.
has windows
13.
is salty
7.
has engines
14.
every day
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Pie
Check the box beside each word or phrase that describes both of these pies.
Pie B
Pie A
1.
have a topping
8.
crunchy
2.
9.
sweet
3.
are on plates
10.
thick
4.
triangular shape
11.
hot
5.
12.
6.
delicious
13.
gooey
7.
for breakfast
14.
desserts
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People
Circle the best word in each row to describe these people.
1.
father
child
baby
2.
daughter
brother
parent
3.
woman
uncle
nephew
4.
son
child
man
5.
sister
father
lady
6.
children
brothers
babies
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Sorting Pictures 1
Cut these pictures apart. Sort them into cold or warm things. Then mix them
together and resort them into things to eat or drink and fun things to do.
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Sorting Pictures 2
Cut these pictures apart. Sort them into fast things or slow things. Then mix
them together and resort them into living things and man-made things.
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Sorting Pictures 3
Cut these pictures apart. Sort them into big things or small things. Then mix
them together and resort them into inside things and outside things.
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Naming by Attribute
Color part of the bear each time you answer correctly.
1. Name something that is dangerous to do.
2. Name something that has a tail.
3. Name something healthy to eat.
4. Name something sharp.
5. Name something bumpy.
6. Name something square.
7. Name something stiff.
8. Name something hard to do.
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1.
terrible
hairy
2.
furry
clever
3.
giant
huge
4.
easy
fast
5.
quick
horrible
6.
smart
simple
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1.
beautiful
closed
2.
old
plain
3.
full
young
4.
open
thick
5.
fancy
empty
6.
thin
ugly
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1.
flashing
faces
2.
sinking
lizard
3.
smiling
snow
4.
falling
lights
5.
whistling
wind
6.
leaping
ship
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sleeping
shaking
shouting
watching
singing
barking
crawling
shaking
spinning
driving
walking
splashing
freezing
cleaning
eating
sniffing
hiding
croaking
crying
dancing
cooking
resting
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eating
sniffing
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Completing Sentences
Choose the best describing word from the box to complete each sentence.
Write your answers in the blanks.
brief
dim
calm
dull
damp
famous
delicious
favorite
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Describing Tic-Tac-Toe 1
Play this tic-tac-toe game with a partner. To earn your square, name three
things that can be described by the word in that square. Then use your
describing word in a good sentence. For example, if the word is bright, you
could name these three things and say this sentence:
light
star
eyes
The first player to earn three squares in a row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal)
wins the game.
rotten
tight
soft
slow
brown
sour
dark
messy
wide
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Describing Tic-Tac-Toe 2
Play this tic-tac-toe game with a partner. To earn your square, name three
things that can be described by the word in that square. Then use your
describing word in a good sentence. For example, if the word is dirty, you
could name these three things and say this sentence:
shirt
face
look
The first player to earn three squares in a row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal)
wins the game.
inside
flat
sweet
open
large broken
safe
purple smooth
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Describing Tic-Tac-Toe 3
Play this tic-tac-toe game with a partner. To earn your square, name three
things that can be described by the word in that square. Then use your
describing word in a good sentence. For example, if the word is full, you could
name these three things and say this sentence:
stomach
glass
load
The first player to earn three squares in a row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal)
wins the game.
tame
mild
odd
round frozen
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Completing a Story
Choose a word from the box to write in each
blank in the story. Use each word only once.
awesome
seventh
craft
short
cute
smiling
new
soft
puppet
stiff
rubber
talented
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firm
red
round
rapid
2. lion
rusty
loud
wild
hairy
bumpy
light
soft
natural
4. snow
cold
stale
falling
wet
5. face
happy
smiling
dirty
early
6. star
windy
bright
shooting
faraway
7. ocean
big
deep
living
brave
8. box
sick
full
closed
empty
3. feather
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garbage
candy
peach
chocolate
2. noisy
fireworks
library
circus
train
3. smooth
rock
skin
dream
surface
4. clear
sky
glass
eyes
book
5. square
moon
box
window
paper
6. tight
rope
day
clothing
shoes
7. slow
pencil
truck
turtle
boat
8. high
kite
clouds
breakfast
airplane
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Describing Things 1
Write three words that describe each thing. Think about what parts it has, what
it does, and what it looks like. Use different words to describe each one.
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Describing Things 2
Write three words that describe each thing. Think about what parts it has, what
it does, and what it looks like. Use different words to describe each one.
_______________________
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Answer Key
The most likely answers are listed here. Accept other logical, appropriate answers as correct.
Page 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
fuzzy
brightest
sleeping
sour
narrow
reading
talking
sharp
Answers will vary.
Answers will vary.
Page 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
pretty
yummy
loud
smelly
rough
Page 8
Answers will vary. Accept
all appropriate colors.
Page 9
1.
2.
3.
4.
balloon, pumpkin
flag, sign
stamp, picture
pan, pillow
Page 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
muddy
asleep
strong
frozen
loud
Page 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
silly
tall
worn
heavy
wet
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Page 12
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
happy
angry
sad
grumpy
tired
Page 13
spider, horse, woman,
pants, easel, chair,
kangaroo, pig, dog
Page 14
train, wagon, wheelchair,
truck, hamster cage,
bicycle, in-line skates,
scooter, car
Page 18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
snowy
sunny
rainy
cloudy
partly cloudy
Page 17
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
check
no check
check
check
no check
check
check
no check
check
check
check
check
no check
no check
check
check
no check
check
no check
check
no check
no check
check
check
no check
no check
check
check
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big things - lamp,
snowman, stove, scooter,
bus, couch, elephant
small things - bee, paper
clip, crayon, butterfly,
squirrel
inside things - lamp,
paper clip, crayon, stove,
couch
outside things - bee,
snowman, butterfly,
scooter, squirrel, bus,
elephant
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baby
brother
woman
child
father
children
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cold things - milkshake,
milk, Popsicle, ice-cream
cone, snowman, ice
skating
warm things - pancakes,
hotdog, fire/blanket,
spaghetti, pie, pizza
things to eat or drink milkshake, pancakes,
milk, hotdog, Popsicle,
ice-cream cone,
spaghetti, pie, pizza
fun things to do - keep
warm by a fire, make a
snowman, ice skate
Page 21
fast things - airplane,
cheetah, rocket, train,
horse, tiger
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Answers will vary.
Page 25
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
horrible
hairy
huge
simple
fast
clever
Page 26
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
ugly
young
empty
closed
plain
thick
Page 27
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
lights
ship
faces
snow
wind
lizard
Page 28
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
sleeping
barking
shaking
splashing
freezing
croaking
dancing
sniffing
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
windy
sleepy
crying
long
fresh
slippery
wet
yellow
biggest
bright
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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calm
brief
damp
delicious
dim
dull
famous
favorite
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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My talented sister
makes puppets to earn
money. She uses scraps
of soft fabric to make the
bodies. She uses stiff
felt to make the hands.
She buys the rubber
heads from a craft store.
My sister made me a
new puppet for my
seventh birthday. Its so
cute! It has short hair
and a smiling face. Next
week Im going to give a
puppet show for my
family. My show will be
awesome!
rapid
rusty
bumpy
stale
early
windy
brave
sick
garbage
library
dream
book
moon
day
pencil
breakfast
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scissors - has two
blades, has holes, cuts,
sharp, made of metal
clown - silly, funny, has
balloons, in a circus,
painted face, red nose,
baggy costume, big feet,
tiny hat
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dog - wagging tail, happy,
excited/eager, has long
ears, has collar on, has
large paws, eyes wide
open, tongue hanging out
bookcase - has three
shelves, has books and
toys and games on the
shelves, made of wood
sundae - dessert; made
of ice cream, banana,
whipped cream, and
toppings; has a cherry on
top; cold; in a bowl;
yummy
picture - silly, monster,
has two legs and two
ears, has no arms, has
crossed eyes, short, has
two curly hairs
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