Capture the moment
By: Bill McLaren
The slides themselves
You 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
Yes, even these!
 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!
Hyperlinks
The other thing you will
http://www.msu.edu/
see are hyperlinks, that
will take you to web sites.
My college
If you click these, you will
be opening a web browser.
You should close, or
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
minimize, the browser
before you return to this
Great place for clip art
project.
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.
Clicking the home bar
small lessons
will always bring you
here!
quizzes
pictures
Psssst… “Quizzes and Pictures” won’t
work yet!
Definitions Review
Noun - words that are used to name a
person, place, thing, or idea
Click these boxes
to see examples
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
Noun - words that are used to name a
person, place, thing, or idea
Joe - person
Alaska - place
house - place or thing
fish - thing
love - 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 like
several
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 - how
Early or late - when
Everywhere - where
Almost - to what extent
To return to the “definitions slide” click the
button below
Descriptive words are often
adjectives.
Adjectives are words that tell us information
about, or modify, nouns;
things like…
how many
which one
what kind
and/or any other words that
help us know more about the subject.
Dictionary.com Definition
Adverbs are another type of
descriptor.
Adverbs modify, or change,
any verb, adjective, or other adverb
Often adverbs answer the questions how, when,
where, or to what extent
Dictionary.com Definition
This is the end of the review!
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Adjectives
describe nouns
Adverbs can
describe verbs
Adverbs can
describe verbs
Adverbs can
describe other
adverbs
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.
Clicking the home bar
small lessons
will always bring you
here!
quizzes
pictures
Psssst… It might look like the home slide,
but I bet “quizzes” works as a link now!
Quizzes
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.
Adverbs
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!
If you are too scared, click here to return to the review page.
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
Click on the picture to take the second quiz.
Pass this one and you are off to the fun part of
this activity!
If you are too scared, click here to return to the review page.
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.
Clicking the home bar
small lessons
will always bring you
here!
quizzes
pictures
Now for the fun part! Click on the link to
the pictures and practice using these parts
of speech.
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 many
brown 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 huge
forest was filled with trees; Maples, Oaks, even a few
Birch trees. All of the trees were at least forty feet tall.
Show, don’t tell!
Use adjectives and descriptive words to build a picture
for your readers; give them details!
The room was destroyed by the fire.
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 the
windows were smashed, and the charred window sills
matched the blackened walls. Nothing was spared by the
destructive heat. Everything, big and small, valuable and
worthless, all of it was destroyed.
All of the yellow words are descriptive words - adjectives
and 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.
Review
Noun - words that are used to name a
person, place, thing, or idea
Green =
noun
John opened the door.
Verb - a word that expresses an action
Olive =
verb
Ben grabbed the keys.
Adjective - a word that modifies, or changes, a noun
The large steak was cooked.
Blue =
adjective
Adverb - a word that modifies a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb
The surprisingly fast man caught him.
Red =
adverb
Picture Index
Click 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