Adjective Song | Tune Up to Literacy

This song has a Middle Eastern musical style, clearly stating the concept, "An adjective is a word that describes a noun." It then elaborates on how descriptions might include such characteristics as color, shape, size, age, smell, taste, feel, attitude, worth, and more!

Standards

• ELA.AOR.1 Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts.
  • ELA.K.AOR.1.2 Identify forms of figurative language to include alliteration and onomatopoeia, as well as descriptive words and rhyme in text
• ELA.AOR.1 Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts.
  • ELA.1.AOR.1.2 Identify and explain the purpose of forms of figurative language to include alliteration and onomatopoeia, as well as descriptive phrases and words, and imagery
• ELA.AOR.7 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
  • ELA.2.AOR.7.1 Determine the meaning of known and unknown words and phrases, choosing from an array of strategies: a. use sentence-level context clues (e.g., definitions, examples) to determine the meaning of a word or phrase; b. use reference materials