Activity: “Sense” Word Lists

The learner(s) or tutor can pick a topic, such as summer, the zoo, eating in a restaurant, riding the bus, and so on. The learner(s) can contribute descriptive words or phrases according to the topic. Four “sense” categories can be written along the top of a piece of paper or on a chalkboard, and the descriptive vocabulary can be written under the appropriate one(s).

Here is an example for the topic of: Babies.

Word lists
Picture of a smiling baby

Additional categories may be chosen, too.

See Section 10 for a reproducible worksheet for this activity.