ADJECTIVE SORT

TEXTURE
(how things feel) / TASTE / SOUND

Cut into individual words to place in appropriate columns.

Columns then copied into books and using a thesaurus add more examples.

One word from each column used in a sentence

slippery / peppery / tinkly / spicy
loud / rough / soft / prickly
pounding / sweet / hard / bitter
creaky / smooth / quiet / hairy
fruity / crumbly / sour / noisy
salty / silent / savoury / squeaky

Extension work based on sight and smell.

This work can be expanded on in shared writing to demonstrate further use.

e.g.

John could hardly see his way along the gloomy passage. There was a musty smell and, as he felt along the crumbling walls, he felt spider webs brush against his face. The only sound he could hear was the rain pounding on the roof.