What are they like?

WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?

We are describing minerals using SHAPES ADJECTIVES.

Let's learn the most useful ones for our minerals

SHAPES

BUT THERE ARE OTHER ADJECTIVES WE CAN FIND USEFUL!

LONG ⇎ SHORT

BIG = LARGE ⇎ SMALL

SQUARED / TRIANGLED / ROUNDED / OVAL

NARROW ⇎ WIDE

REGULAR ⇎ IRREGULAR

STAR-SHAPED / ARROW-SHAPED / CROSS-SHAPED

CUBIC / CYLINDRICAL

MORE ADJECTIVES TO MAKE DESCRIPTIONS

COLOURS HARDNESS LUSTER

black, red... hard ⇎ soft shiny ⇎ matt

dark ⇎ light

transparent ⇎ coloured

WHAT'S THE CORRECT ORDER OF THE ADJECTIVES?

After learning different adjectives to talk about rocks and minerals it's important we put them in the correct order.

Some examples about minerals could be:

Gold is a beautiful, valuable, shiny, strong and yellow metal that people love.

Talc is a soft, white, natural mineral used to build houses.

TASK 2: PICTURE CAROUSEL

Agrupación: Individual

Tiempo estimado: 1 sesión /55 minutos.

Guía de evaluación: Rúbrica en Classroom.

Make a 'Carrousel de imágenes' with the adjectives learnt above (at least 10 images) in a Google Presentation.

Later copy the URL and send it to the classroom task.

You're going to place 10 different pictures of minerals in a Google Presentation. You'll include one picture in each slide.

You're going to write one sentence in each slide under the picture describing the mineral using 4 adjectives and placing them in the correct order.

You'll upload the link of the presentation in the Classroom task and add it to your Google Sites.

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