Sensory tree activity where students use adjectives to describe trees by touch and smell. Fun and interactive way to enhance descriptive writing.
This fun and interactive activity is all about hugging trees and using sensory exploration to encourage descriptive writing! Students will focus on touch and smell to come up with adjectives to describe a tree. Perfect for enhancing students' understanding and use of adjectives in writing.
Teaching Structure:
- Start with a recap of what adjectives are.
- Pair up students, blindfolding one of them.
- The non-blindfolded partner guides their partner to a tree.
- The blindfolded student uses touch and smell to describe the tree, while their partner records the adjectives.
- After a few minutes, the blindfolded student is led back, removes the blindfold, and tries to find the tree they just described.
- Swap roles and repeat!
You will also love our 'All About Adjectives' outdoor lesson.
| File | Action |
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| Guess-The-Tree-Teacher-Guide.pdf | Download |
| Guess-The-Tree-Activity-Sheet.pdf | Download |
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Version
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Subject
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Ages
7-9, 10-12
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Topics
Adjectives, English, Setting Descriptions, Writing
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Files
2 (2.80 MB)
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Tags
outdoor writing
DownloadSensory tree activity where students use adjectives to describe trees by touch and smell. Fun and interactive way to enhance descriptive writing.
This fun and interactive activity is all about hugging trees and using sensory exploration to encourage descriptive writing! Students will focus on touch and smell to come up with adjectives to describe a tree. Perfect for enhancing students' understanding and use of adjectives in writing.
Teaching Structure:
You will also love our 'All About Adjectives' outdoor lesson.