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