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Korean Adjectives

Seventh graders learn Korean adjectives (형용사, hyeongyongsa) to describe the world — 좋다 (jota, good), 맛있다 (masitda, delicious), 재미있다 (jaemiitda, fun). In Korean, adjectives act like verbs and end in 다! They sort positive descriptions from negative ones.

Grade 7Adjectives50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn adjectives.
  • ✓Tell positive from negative.
  • ✓Sort the adjectives.
  • ✓Describe things.
Essential Question

How do you describe things in Korean — good, pretty, fun, sad? Let’s learn adjectives.

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Positive or Negative?

Project this and sort each adjective into Positive (nice) or Negative (not nice).

🌟 Sort each — a positive or negative adjective?Try it
👍 Positive (nice)
👎 Negative (not nice)
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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Describing Things

6 min

How do you describe things in Korean? Let’s learn adjectives.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Taste something “masitda.”
  • Ask its opposite.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Adjectives

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Positive or Negative?
  • Sort each one.
  • Note they end in 다.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Describe your lunch.
  • Describe a movie.
  • Say jota.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Describe.
  • Describe.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Igeo masisseoyo” (this is delicious).
  • Describe two things.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name an adjective.
  • Describe one thing.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Describe.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand adjectives.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe things.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare adjectives (verb-like).

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: describe & react.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Adjective cards with romanization.
  • Sentence frame: “___-eyo.”
  • Use pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with jota & nappeuda.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add keuda/jakda (big/small).
  • Describe five things.
  • Learn the -yo form.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌟Adjective cards
  • 💻Positive or Negative?
  • 🖼️Picture prompts
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

형용사 (hyeongyongsa)adjective좋다 (jota)good나쁜다 (nappeuda)bad예쁘다 (yeppeuda)pretty재미있다 (jaemiitda)fun맛있다 (masitda)delicious슬프다 (seulpeuda)sad어렵다 (eoryeopda)difficult
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “delicious” in Korean?
맛있다 (masitda).
QUESTION 2
What does 예쁘다 (yeppeuda) mean?
Pretty.
QUESTION 3
What letter do Korean adjectives end in (dictionary form)?
다 (da).

Reflect: adjectives.

Have students describe two things in Korean using adjectives (like masitda, jaemiitda). A printable Korean adjectives sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 나쁜다 (nappeuda), 맛있다 (masitda), 슬프다 (seulpeuda), 어렵다 (eoryeopda), 예쁘다 (yeppeuda), 재미있다 (jaemiitda), 좋다 (jota), 형용사 (hyeongyongsa)
  1. fun
  2. sad
  3. delicious
  4. difficult
  5. adjective
  6. good
  7. bad
  8. pretty

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “delicious” in Korean?
  2. What does 예쁘다 (yeppeuda) mean?
  3. What letter do Korean adjectives end in (dictionary form)?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 재미있다 (jaemiitda) · 2) 슬프다 (seulpeuda) · 3) 맛있다 (masitda) · 4) 어렵다 (eoryeopda) · 5) 형용사 (hyeongyongsa) · 6) 좋다 (jota) · 7) 나쁜다 (nappeuda) · 8) 예쁘다 (yeppeuda)
Part B: 1) 맛있다 (masitda). 2) Pretty. 3) 다 (da).