Grammar
Adjectives
Say: Adjectives are words that describe nouns. They help tell what something looks, smells, sounds, tastes, acts, and feels like. There were many words used to describe Mozart and his music in this text. Let’s go back and make a list of adjectives from the text.
Divide up the text and have students work in pairs to make lists of descriptive adjectives. After lists have been compiled, review the words and discuss which words were the most powerful or held the most meaning.
Ask: Why did the author choose to use these words in the text? 

Word Work
Comparatives and superlatives
Write the word weak on the board. Explain that adding -er to an adjective means that the adjective now describes its noun as more than something else. Adding -est to an adjective means that the noun is the most. Add -er and -est to the word weak, and have students use each of the three words in a sentence. Repeat with the words small, big, and new. Highlight the addition of an extra g before adding endings to the word big. Then write the word good on the board. Explain that sometimes we don’t add -er or -est but use a different word to make comparisons. Write better and best next to the word good, and have students use all three in oral sentences. 

Give students worksheet 2, and have them write the comparative and superlative forms of each word and use them in sentences.