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TEACHER'S CHOICE: HOUSE TREASURE ACTIVITY
Modeling Descriptive Behaviour (Colourful Words) |
This is the full version of the activity lesson plan from Window to the Past: The Roedde House Curriculum by Kathryn Reeder and Vickie Jensen.
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Objectives:
To expand descriptive vocabulary
Activity description:
Before students break into groups to do the "Draw and Draw Again" and "No Two Alike" activities, it is important for them to model a good descriptive vocabulary. Choose an object such as a jacket or sweater. Explain that if it is the only sweater among the jackets in the cloakroom, it is easily identified because it is one of a kind. If it is the only red sweater among other sweaters, it is still easily identified by colour. But what if it is one red sweater among many red sweaters? How can it be described so as to be distinctive?
- Ask students for various words that mean red. (crimson, fire-engine, scarlet, blood, cherry, persimmon, coral, rose, ruby, vermillion, claret, strawberry, burgundy)
What words describe the intensity or tone of red? (pale, faded, electric, bright, vivid, brick, primary, etc.)
Ask for words that could describe the condition of the sweater. (dirty, brand new, used, freshly laundered, old, unravelling, shrunk, mended)
How about words for texture? (fuzzy, scratchy, soft, itchy, harsh, rough, pilled, fluffy, silky leathery, smooth)
What words could describe special features? (embroidered, decorated, appliqued, letter-sweater or team sweater, hooded, cardigan, V-neck)
What's the problem with descriptive words such as cool, awesome, geeky, etc.? (These words reflect opinions which may be meaningful only within a particular group and for a particular time)
Colour (Hue)
Colour has both tone and intensity and may be descriptive, decorative, and/or symbolic. A colour wheel can explain the origins and relationships of colour.
COLOUR VOCABULARY |
blended
cool
dull
in harmony
noticeable
pure
smudged
transparent
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bright
dark
expressive
light
primary
secondary
tint (white added)
warm
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clear
discordant
glowing
neutral
pastel
shade (black added) |
Families of Colour (Hue Dimensions)
YELLOW |
amber
bisque
brownish yellow
carbuncle
citrine
cream
gold
mustard
peach
reddish yellow
straw
tawny
topaz
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apricot
blond
buff
chartreuse
citron
crocus
golden
ochre
primrose
rust orange
sunflower
tea rose
wheat
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aurulent
brimstone
canary
chrome
citrus
greenish yellow
lemon
olive
raw umber
saffron
sulphur
titian
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BLUE |
aquamarine
beryl
cobalt
eggshell
hyacinth
jouvence
madder
mulberry
pavonian
powder
sapphire
steel
ultramarine
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azure
cadet
cyanic
French
indigo
lapis
marine
navy
peacock
robin's egg
sea
teal
wisteria
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baby
cerulean
damson
glaucous
Italian
lazuli
midnight
Nile
periwinkle
royal
slate
turquoise
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RED |
apricot
brownish red
carmine
cherry
coral
fire engine
incarnadine
maroon
peach
rose
scarlet
terra-cotta
vermilion
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blood
burgundy
carnation
claret
crimson
flamingo
magenta
minium
pink
ruby
strawberry
titian
wine
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brick
cardinal
cerise
copper
dahlia
fuchsia
mandarin
murrey
puce
salmon
tea rose
tomato
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GREEN |
apple
bird's egg
fern
hunter
lime
manganese
mousse
olive
peacock
turquoise
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aquamarine
chartreuse
forest
jade
louat
mignonette
myrtle
Paris
sea
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avocado
emerald
grass
kelly
malachite
moss
Nile
pea
shamrock
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ORANGE |
apricot
carrot
peach
reddish orange
yellowish orange
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burnt
flame
persimmon
rust
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cadmium
flesh
pumpkin
tangerine
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PURPLE |
amethyst
heliotrope
magenta
orchid
violet
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damson
lavender
mauve
plum
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grape
lilac
mulberry
puce
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BLACK |
carbon
ink
nightshade
raven
sloe
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coal
jet
obsidian
sable
soot
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ebony
lampblack
pitch
slate
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GRAY |
ash-gray
dapple
oyster white
pewter
slate
taupe
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battleship
dove
Paine's gray
pumice
smoke
twilight
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charcoal
gun-metal
pearl
silver
steel
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BROWN |
amber
biscuit
buff
cinnamon
copper
fawn
khaki
ochre
rust
sienna
tan
topaz
walnut
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auburn
bister
chestnut
cocoa
dun
hazel
Lovat
punce
sand
spice
titian
umber
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beige
bronze
chocolate
coffee
ecru
henna
mahogany
russet
sepia
sorrel
toast
Vandyke brown
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WHITE |
alabaster
bone
eggshell
frosty
leucocyte
off-white
snow
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albescent
chalk
ecru
hoar
marble
pearl
winter
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bleach
cream
fleece
ivory
milk
silver-white
zinc
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