64 Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 3B | Demeter and Persephone
Syntactic Awareness Activity^10 minutes
Adjectives That Show Feelings and Emotions
Adjective Reference Chart for Teachers
Positive Feelings and Emotions Negative Feelings and Emotions
brave fearful
calm angry
delightful unpleasant
eager lazy
gentle fi erce
happy sad
hopeful helpless
jolly grumpy
kind mean
nice unfriendly
proud ashamed
silly serious
victorious defeated
Note: The purpose of these syntactic activities is to help students
understand the direct connection between grammatical structures
and the meaning of text. These syntactic activities should be used
in conjunction with the complex text presented in the read-alouds.
There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.
Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that
they are grammatical.
Directions: We will learn about a special kind of word called an
adjective. We use adjectives when we speak and write to give
more information about a noun. Adjectives help what we say and
write come to life. Today we will talk about adjectives that show
feelings and emotions to describe people.
Show image 3A-7: Blooming world and barren world- In today’s read-aloud you heard that for six months of the
year, Demeter and Persephone were together. Which side of
the image shows this time of year? Tell your partner which
adjectives you could use to describe how Demeter might be
feeling when she is with Persephone. Use this sentence frame:
“Demeter is when she is with Persephone.” [Possible
adjectives are italicized in the chart.]