OBJECTIVE:
Adverbs are words that modify a verb, adjective, or adverb. They usually answer the questions: When? Where? How? Why? To what degree?

Adverbs are key to powerful descriptive writing. They can make the words they modify pop off the page. Adverbs can come before or after the word they modify.

Creating descriptive sentences in DRAG-N-DROP mode on piclits.com is a great way to practice selecting adverbs from the word bank and choosing the right adverb to make your descriptive sentence memorable.

MODEL SENTENCE:
Write slowly to create easy reading.
Write slowly (adverb) to create easy reading. (answers how to write)

Complete your math problems first and your reading last.
Complete your math problems first (adverb) and your reading last (adverb – first and last answer the question : when?).

INCORRECT AND CORRECT:
Incorrect: Fast (adverb) writing causes laboriously slow reading.
Correct: Fast writing causes laboriously (adverb) slow reading. (laboriously as an adverb answers the question to what degree of slowness)

MODEL PIC-LIT:

GUIDED PRACTICE WRITING PROMPT:

1. Go to piclits.com
2. Sign in with your e-mail and password
3. Select a picture from the gallery of pictures
4. In DRAG-N-DROP mode, CREATE a sentence with ONE ADVERB. You will learn how to select the right adverb from the work bank.