Integrate Strong Adjectives Into Student Writing

This set of printable adjective posters is an easy way to improve your students’ vocabularies and writing skills. Young writers often resort to using basic and boring adjectives to describe things in their writing. These posters solve that problem by providing your students with stronger and more descriptive adjectives to use in their daily writing assignments.

These posters are available in both English and Spanish, which makes them an excellent resource for dual language classrooms or as a tool to create differentiation for ELL learners. Each adjective poster contains a minimum of twenty words covering:

• Taste
• Touch
• Sound
• Color
• Size 
• Time 
• Shape
• Amount
• Feelings (good and bad)
• Personality
• Appearance
• Smell

How to Make the Most of Your Adjective Posters 

1. Print the posters on letter-size paper, slip them into clear sleeves and use them in your guided groups as a reminder. 
2. Print the poster on letter-size paper, slide it into a clear sleeve, and hang it on a ring as a reference tool for a learning center. 
3. Print the posters and hang them in the classroom as a permanent reference display for students.
4. Print the posters at a smaller scale (4-6 per sheet) and have students place them into their writing notebooks or binders.

We’ve also come up with bonus ways to turn posters into interactive tools that really make your lessons stick! 

 Place copies in students’ homework folders or binders for reference.

 Provide posters as digital resources for virtual students. 

Before You Download 

This resource prints as a PDF. Please use the dropdown menu to choose between the full-color or black and white version. These posters are available in both English and Spanish, perfect for dual language classrooms. 

Spend more time lesson-doing and less time lesson-planning when you grab these activities and teaching resources too! 

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Color Adjectives Word Wall

Help support students color adjective use with our colorful word wall display.

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Adjectives or BUST! Card Game

Play this engaging adjective identification card game with a small group of students or as a whole class.

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Adjectives and the Senses – Worksheet

Organize adjectives into the most appropriate sense with this cut and paste sorting worksheet.