UNIT 3 Descriptive Writing – My closet

My Closet

Understanding the Story

Comprehension questions

Let’s write a summary!

Write words from the box to complete the paragraph.

smells, tall, night sky, pile, messy, adventure, little

There is a lot of stuff in my closet, and each thing

represents a ________ about what I like to do and what I am

like. People keep lots of things in their closet and sometimes

they look like a ______ of dirty laundry. It ________like

plastic because most of the things are kept in plastic bins. It is

very _______, and the ceiling is so far away it looks like the

_______________. My closet is really ________. Whenever I

try to find something it is like an __________.

Let’s Talk
1. What is in your closet?

2. What does your closet look like? Can you describe your

closet?

3. What do you like the most in your closet?

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Vocabulary
Write the definition of the vocabulary below.

a) adventure :

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b) tangles up :

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c) laundry :

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d) armor :

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e) secret :

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f) mess :

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Match the picture with the correct letter above.

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Build Vocabulary
tangles up, adventure, armor, messy, secret, laundry

1. Jane _______________ her doll with a telephone cord.

2. My room is really ___________, so my mom gets mad.

3. Can you keep a ____________? Don’t tell anyone about

this.

4. My sister doesn’t clean, do __________ or even take the

trash out! How can she learn how to take care of herself?

5. I like ____________ movies. How about you? What kind

of movies do you like?

Can you draw your closet? Let’s draw what your closet
looks like. Share with your classmates.

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Grammar
• Adjective (Describing Word)
- words that describe things (noun)
- describes how something feels, looks, tastes, or sounds
- tells how much or how many
Adjective
Feel Look Taste Sound
furry, hot, cold, tiny, blue, citrus, creamy, noisy, bang, cry,
exciting, funny, messy, four, hot, spicy, growl, mutter,
annoying, lovely, tall, small, big, sweet, sour, pop, mumble,
soft beautiful, red, salty, bitter, squeak
four

Example:

soft cat green trees loud singing six whales

The short, fat, black dog is drinking the water.

Mom made me a big, jelly sandwich.

Make sentences for the pictures using the adjectives

in the box below. You can use words more than once.

confusing, peaceful, exciting, delicious, pretty, attractive,

boring, easy, heavy, fun, hard, big, hard, sleepy, secretly

1. This pretty woman is very

__________________________
attractive.

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__________________________
2.
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3. 4.

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5. 6.

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7. 8.

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_____________________ ___________________
Adverb (Describing Action Word)
- words that describe action (verb) REMINDER
- can tell how, where, when A verb is a word
that shows action.

quickly, fast, slow, quietly, carefully, gracefully, easily, late,

gently, friendly, often, there, now, finally, lastly, under

Example: Swims is the verb in the sentence.

The fish swims quickly. (how)

The fish swims under the water. (where)

The fish always swims. (when)

many adverbs
end in -ly.
Adjective slow quick soft sudden gradual
they are
Adverb slowl quickl softl suddenl gradually formed by
y y y y adding -ly
to an
adjective.

There are a few exceptions!

 daily, enough, early, late, hard, far, fast, hourly, little, long,
low, monthly, much, straight, weekly, yearly
Example:
 good -> (better not goodly)
 late -> (late not lately)
 bad - > (bad not badly)

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What do you do in the morning?

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box below. You can
use words more than once.

Then, Next, First, early, fast, late, carefully, friendly

______, I get up _________ at 6 o'clock in the morning. ________,

I brush my teeth and wash my face. ________, I put on my clothes

and comb my hair ______________. ________ that, I eat

breakfast really ________because I am in hurry. _________ I go to

school. I was little __________.

Choose a right word for each sentence, and draw an

arrow from each adjective to the word it describes.

1. He works ( hard , hardly ).

2. They ( hardly , hard ) do work.

3. The dentist asked her to open her mouth ( widely , wide ).

4. He always comes ( late , lately ).

5. Homeless people sleep ( rough , roughly ).

6. He is driving ( right , rightly ) behind us.

7. I ( never have been / have never been ) so sick.

8. The kids shouted ( loudly / loud ) as they played in

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gym class.
9. (Yesterday / Tomorrow) they played a game.

10. Place the glass on the table ( gently / gentle ).

Choose the correct describing word from the bracket

to complete each sentence, and tell whether it’s an
adjective or adverb in the box.

1. I had a (cold/heavy) drink with my dinner.

Adjective
2. They run (fast/heavy).

3. This fruit is very (sweet /lemon).

4. The baby was very (small/blue).

5. The lemon had a (helpful/sour) taste to it.

6. Last winter it was really (cold/fast).

7. The tiger roared (loudly/ coldly).

8. The sky was a beautiful (green/blue) color.

9. (Firstly/Late) we need to prepare six eggs.

10. I am coming (now/red).

11. Look at the (heavy/blue) sea.

12. He told us (angry / angrily) not to walk on the grass.

13. Kevin drove (quick /quickly) to avoid being late.

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14. My grandmother is really (healthy/ health).

15. The movie, Avatar, was very (interesting/often).

Writing
Let’s practice. Make a sentence with given adjectives
and adverbs. Choose appropriate words from the box and
make sentences. Please indicate the describing words.
You can add more.

Adjectives Adverbs

messy, slow, exciting, beautiful, easily, quickly, friendly, hot,

four, tall, short, noisy, lovely, soft, red, fast, quietly, first,
small, big, funny, cold, furry carefully, now, lastly, often late

Example:

The American flag is red, white, and blue. It has fifty stars.

Describing word: red, white, blue, fifty

1.

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Describing word: ___________________________________

2.

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Describing word: ___________________________________

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3.

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Describing word: ___________________________________

What can it be? Make a Guess.

Think of an animal. Write words to tell how your
animal looks. You can use word clues and picture clues.
Example:

Word clue: This animal is _________(color). It is furry and

tiny. It usually lives in the forest. It likes acorns very much. It

runs up trees fast. It looks like a mouse.

What can it be?

It is a _____________.
<Picture clue>

Let’s make it!

This animal is ___________________. It is _____________

________________________________________________

It lives in ________________________________________

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__________________________________ What can it be?

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Brainstorming
- Let’s describe things that you like. It can be an animal or
your favorite thing. Write a name of thing in green box.
- Write describing words - adjectives and adverbs - as many as
you can think of, in the bubbles and connect them with the box.

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Your Turn to Write

Write sentences to describe something. It can be an animal
or your favorite thing. Make sure to include describing
words.
 Describe your subject and answer to these questions.

1. Is it a living thing? Non-living thing?

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2. Where does it live?

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3. What color is it?

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4. How does it feel?

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5. How does it smell? Taste?

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6. What does it look like?

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_________________________________________

7. Does it make a sound? What sound is that?

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8. Can you tell more about it? Does it have any special
characteristics?

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Rough Copy

Write sentences to describe something that you have in

your mind. It can be an animal or your favorite thing. Make
sure to include describing words. Use answers from the
previous page to describe it.

<Picture clue>

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__________________________________________

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Final Copy

Write sentences to describe something that you have in

your mind. It can be an animal or your favorite thing. Make
sure to include describing words.

<Picture clue>

__________________________________________

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__________________________________________

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