Materials: index cards, markers, dictionaries, paper, & pencil

Purpose: Review adjectives and nouns; review and/or learn new vocabulary

Directions for Teachers: With markers and index cards, make adjective cards for the game. The teacher and/or the students can make the cards. Each student could add their own adjective or two.

Example words: small, soft, stretchy, flat, slow, bumpy, opaque, wavy, straight, florescent, colorful, cold, odorous, sharp, etc.

* Differentiate- Make the game harder by writing more challenging adjectives on a different colored index card.

How to Play:
1.) Divided the students into small groups.

2.) Select three adjective cards. In four minutes, the students have to think of as many nouns as possible that could be described with the chosen adjectives. The students write the three adjectives on their paper and list the nouns below them. (The time can be changed.)

3.) Have the groups share their answers.
Differentiate: Have the students select four cards, but tell them that they only need to use three of them. Depending on their abilities, give some groups more challenge cards than others.

* This game can be played as a whole group in which all small groups use the same three cards. Otherwise, each group can select their own random cards.

* After playing the game a couple of times, flip it around. Have each group choose one mystery noun. Then, they think of the best three adjectives to describe the noun. Each group shares their adjective clues, and the rest of the groups have to guess the noun. Each group can use whiteboards and whiteboard markers to share their clues and reveal their answers. Differentiate by giving some groups a large list of adjectives that they can use if they need it.

Example Clues: cold, slow, and flat
Possible answers: Glacier, snowflake, and popsicle (Students could claim that a popsicle freezes or melts slowly.)

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