Part 1: So, What Are Adjectives?

Zombie Adjective Webquest Name ______

Part 1: So, What are Adjectives?

Give the definitions of adjectives by using BOTH of these links. In other words, you are writing down BOTH definitions!

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/adjective

Definition #1:______

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adjectives.htm

Definition #2: ______

Part 2: Adjective Detective

Go to this website and on the screen you will see 5 buttons to click. Click on the button "What are Adjectives?"

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/languages/words/adjectives/

You will read the slides by clicking on the “next” button, fill in the blanks on your notes below, and complete the tasks it asks you to do. Read carefully and don’t click “next” too soon!

Fill in Blanks:

·  Adjectives give you more information about the ______.

·  When do adjectives come in the sentence?
before the ______or ______a linking verb.

·  Adjectives help you to:
1) ______.
2)______.
3)______.

STOP ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THE SECTION "WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?"

Part 3: Adjective Rap Song

Click on the link to view the adjective rap song. Fill in the lyrics below and complete the zombie preparation action below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgsihu9IXKw

Fill in Lyrics:

I hope that you ______

Adjectives ______

What's all ______

They ______a ______

While watching the song (or after):find 10 adjectivesused in the song that you think would be good adjectives todescribe zombiesand prepare people for the upcoming attack. Write them on the lines below. You can come up with some of your own that are not in the video.

**REMEMBER: write adjectives that would be good for describing zombies (i.e. you would not write down "pretty" or "smart")

1.  / 2. 
3.  / 4. 
5.  / 6. 
7.  / 8. 
9.  / 10. 

Part 4: What 3 Questions?

Go to the following website and fill in the blanks below. You have to read the material to find the answers.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjective.htm

An adjective can be a ______, a ______, or a ______.

What 3 questions do adjectives answer?

1.  ______?

2.  ______?

3.  ______?

Come up with 3 complete sentences about zombies that answer each of the 3 questions that adjectives answer. *Use some of your adjectives from the list of 10 above if you would like.
The sentences layout is on the next page.

SENTENCE #1: What kind is it?(Remember: write a complete sentence about the coming zombies-adjectives adjectives adjectives! What kind of zombies are coming?)

______.

SENTENCE #2:How many are there?(Remember: about the coming zombies and how many)

______.

SENTENCE #3:Which one is it?(Remember: about the coming zombies) (This is the hardest one but you can do it! Think about how you would point out the zombies.)

______.

Part 5: Quiz

Time to test your knowledge! Click the link below and take the quiz.

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/adjective/quiz219.html

Write your score here: ______

*If you got some wrong, click on the "Review" button next to it and try the question again.

Part 6: Zombie Apocalypse Activity

Now is the time to use your adjective and zombie knowledge to help your community and survive the zombie apocalypse.

Use what you know about adjectives and how they describe nouns and give more information to sentences to complete the requirements for a flyer that will help you and your community survive the zombie apocalypse.

There should be5 partsto your poster/flyer:

1.  The main title...warning people about what is to come

2.  Information on: How are zombies created?

3.  Information on: How do you recognize zombies? (what will they look like, smell like, and sound like?)

4.  Information on: Ways to fight zombies (describe the ways)

5.  Information on: What kind of things can we do to survive? (other than fight the zombies...how can we prepare?)

YOU SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE ADJECTIVES IN YOUR FLYER. YOU CAN DO BULLETS; YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE IN PARAGRAPH FORMAT.

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Use the websites below to help you complete your poster/flyer. They will give you more information on zombies.

http://www.werealive.com/forum/showwiki.php?title=Facts+About+All+Zombies

http://www.livescience.com/16411-zombies-fact-fiction-infographic.html

http://zombie.wikia.com/wiki/Zombies

http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/List_of_known_zombie_adjectives

http://mashable.com/2014/03/21/zombie-apocalypse-facts/

Part 7: Game Practice

When you are finished with the parts above, you may play some of the adjective games located below. You need to use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome for one of them to work.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/adjectives.htm

http://www.ezschool.com/playgame/Games:_English/Adjectives/Introduction_To_Adjectives

Part 8: Zombies for Real

Want to know how zombies could really happen in our world?

Watch this 2 minute video and it will tell you how it is possible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa25r6XO394