Shapes & Adjectives

  • Topic: Shapes & Adjectives
  • Communication Objectives: In this lesson, children will learn the names of shapes and how to describe them.
  • Language Objectives: Learn to use basic adjectives to describe things and also learn to use adverbs of sequence to talk about a process - first, next, then, finally.
  • shapes

  • Dialogue Story:  Lisa and Freddie are in their room looking at a book about shapes. Lisa asks Freddie to teach her the names of shapes. She wonders what we can do with shapes. Freddie shows her how to draw a clown using shapes of different sizes and color.
  • Sentence Structures:
    • It's a circle. A circle is round.
    • It's an oval.
    • A square has four equal sides.
    • We draw things with shapes.
  • Grammar:  Though not the main focus for low levels, this lesson also introduces adverbs of sequence which is using for describing a process.
    • First draw a big circle.
    • Next draw an oval for his mouth.
    • Finally, draw a big rectangle.

This lesson has a related vocabulary video. Click here to watch the vocabulary and grammar break down of this lesson.

  • Vocabulary:  square, rectangle, oval, triangle, circle