Spotlight on Language-Based Teaching
Help your Students Incorporate Descriptive Language in their Writing

  Have your students ever had difficulty coming up with

  descriptive words when writing? To make words more

  accessible, try the 'personal adjective bank' below.

  This template provides boxes for students to "bank" the

   various categories of adjectives they encounter during

   class when reading about or discussing a topic in preparation

for writing. With a sample adjective in each box, students can add words, then choose

from the list when writing. Grouping words seems to help students with language-based

learning disabilities recall specific adjectives when needed. Remember, this is not a

"new vocabulary" list; the students are familiar with the meaning of each adjective when

reading or hearing the words, yet the adjectives might not be as easily accesible when

writing or speaking without the 'personal adjective bank'.

                                                                                       -Carole Rein, Landmark School Faculty

Try using the Personal Adjective Bank with your students.

Click the double arrow icon on the Flashpaper document below to print a copy.