Describing words for students

Best Adjectives to Describe Students

The best adjectives to describe students stem from the heart. Adjectives are associated with each child depending on their unique characteristics.

It is commonly stated that employing too many words to express a single concept is never appropriate. This also applies to describing kids using words.

Teachers, parents, and even fellow students are frequently tasked with describing the students around them, and many do it incorrectly.

You’ll find below a list of some of the best adjectives for describing pupils, separated into categories.

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Personality Adjectives to Describe Students

1. Maturity

This is an excellent term because it flatters the pupil standing before the listener. In addition, it suggests that the pupil is disciplined, composed, and cooperative.

For example, “Mr. and Mrs. Peters, your son Duke handles his everyday activities with remarkable maturity. ”

2. Composed

It is complementary to describe a pupil as composed. It indicates that the pupil is not prone to temper tantrums or dangerous conduct. This is because he or she is aware of the risks and consequences of his or her behavior. This is also an excellent approach to characterize kids who may be difficult to categorize since they fit into too many categories.

For example, “Genna is composed and cooperative. We are proud of her growth.”

3. Considerate

This is a fantastic term to use when describing a pupil because it has multiple positive connotations for the reader. It is also sufficient to portray any student favorably to interested parties, such as parents.

For example, “Katherine is considerate, socially aware and courteous child.”

4. Fighter

Few terms may be used to describe an unintelligent pupil without seeming sleazy. “Fighter” describes slow learners who work hard to achieve their goals. It is also an appropriate term for a pupil who does not give up quickly.

Example: “With his fighter personality, Jason can do anything.

5. Spirited

This is an excellent word to use because it conveys assurance and commitment. It is effective for portraying a pupil in a positive light, and it sounds excellent when used in a speech.

For example, “Bill is highly spirited, which is why he excels at whatever he does.”

6. Humble

This is an appropriate term because it implies modesty and connotes that the student does not boast or brag. They accept compliments with grace.

Example: “We have many pupils here, but none are as humble as your son Andrew. Everyone is awed by his charisma.”

7. Ambitious

It sounds excellent in conversation and effectively portrays a student as a high achiever and winner.

Example: “Zara is one of our most ambitious students. We expect nothing but the best from her.

8. Happy

This is an excellent term because it conjures up an image of a cheerful, energetic student who has no trouble fitting in at school. It is also an appropriate compliment for a student who may lack other notable attributes.

Tricia, for example, is a happy child; she is regarded as the class’s bright spot. She will make your day any day.”

Best Capability Adjectives to Describe Students

1. Resourceful

This is an excellent term because it is a practical complement, not merely a compliment. It also suggests a great deal of favorable information about the student, particularly regarding mental and physical aptitude.

For example: If I had a son as resourceful as Julian, I would accompany him into the wilderness.

2. Champ

This word is highly effective because it works well in casual talks between teachers and students. It also applies to various facets of a student’s life, including athletics, academics, and extracurricular activities. If you want to imply that a pupil is a winner, you should use this term.

E.g., “Daniel Brooks is a grate champ in the field, so I think we can keep him around. ”

3. Fast Learner

If a pupil demonstrates rapid learning ability, you might call him or her a quick learner. It is effective because it may be utilized in official and informal situations. It is also a valuable complement that avoids excessive sentimentality.

Example: “Miss Gabriella is a fast learner, always keen on elevating herself.”

4. Promising

This word works effectively when asked to randomly and positively describe a student. It also works well as a descriptor for students who may not be proficient in academics or athletics at the moment.

Example: “Donald is a promising young man. When he is old enough, he will likely go far in whatever career he chooses to follow.”

5. Team player

This word is helpful since it simultaneously comments on a student and emphasizes a solid positive characteristic. Additionally, it is a reasonably simple word when referencing a specific pupil.

E.g., “Eric Keepman is a strong team player that we can count on to contribute strongly. ”

To Wrap Up

Students are special and unique, and any definition of a student varies widely based on an individual’s perspective. What do you look out for when you want to describe a student?

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180+ Words To Describe Students

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This collection of unique and interesting words is all about adjectives we use to describe students – both good and bad students.

How Would You Describe A Student?

A student is a person who is attending classes at a school or university. The word ‘student’ can actually be used to describe someone who is learning anything, and at any stage in their life though.

In order to describe a student better than just ‘good’ or ‘bad’, we can use adjectives such as:

List of Words To Describe A Student

academic
adaptable
adventurous
alert
ambitious
amicable
analytical
animated
appreciative
assiduous
astute
awesome

bold
bright
brilliant
bubbly
busy
capable
careful
clever
collaborative
committed
competent
confident
conscientious
considerate
consistent
cooperative
coordinated
cordial
courageous
courteous
creative

dedicated
delightful
determined
diligent
disciplined
driven
eager
effective
efficient
empowered
energetic
entertaining
enthusiastic
exceptional
excited

fantastic
fluent
friendly
fun
generous
genius
good
happy
hard-working
helpful
hilarious
honest
hopeful
humble
humorous

imaginative
incisive
ingenious
innovative
inquiring
insightful
inspirational
inspiring
instinctive
intelligent
interested
intuitive
inventive

jokester
jovial
keen
kind
knowledgeable
leader
learner
level-headed
lively
logical
loyal

mathematical
memorable
mentee
mentor
methodical
meticulous
mindful
motivated
motivating
motivational

natural
neat
nice
objective
open
optimistic
organized

passionate
patient
pensive
perceptive
perseverant
persistent
playful
polite
positive
prepared
proactive
professional
proficient
prudent
punctual

quick
reflective
relentless
reliable
resilient
resourceful
respectful
responsible

scrupulous
sensible
serious
sharp
sincere
skilful
smart
sociable
spirited
steady
stern
stimulating
studious
successful
superb
sweet
sympathetic

talented
technological
tenacious
thankful
thorough
thoughtful
tough
trustworthy
underrated
understanding
unorganized

valuable
vivacious
warm
welcoming
willing
wise
wonderful

Words To Describe Students Strengths And Weaknesses

The above list of words are great for describing students and their strengths, however in regards to the weaknesses of a student, we could use words such as:

aloof
disappointing
disruptive
distracted
inconsistent
messy
substandard
underachieving
unfocused
uninterested
unorganized
unsatisfactory

You will notice that the above words don’t necessarily speak of a lack of intelligence from a student, but more a lack of willingness to try hard and put in the work required to learn. These are the qualities that teachers of any discipline find the most frustrating and disruptive to lessons of any kind.

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Formation of speech skills of younger schoolchildren when creating an essay-description

Bibliographic description:

Zhestkova, E. A. Formation of speech skills of younger schoolchildren when creating an essay-description / E. A. Zhestkova, K. N. Strizheva. - Text: direct // Young scientist. - 2014. - No. 21.1 (80.1). — S. 173-176. — URL: https://moluch.ru/archive/80/13870/ (date of access: 01/02/2023).

The article discusses the system of work on the formation of speech skills of younger students when creating an essay-description.

Keywords : essay-description, speech skills, primary school student, elementary school.

Abstract. The article discusses the system work on the formation of speech abilities of juniorschoolchild in creating compositions-description.

Keywords: writing-description, speech skills, younger students, elementary school.

Teaching schoolchildren the ability to freely and coherently express thoughts and make the best use of language means is the ultimate goal of the entire system of teaching the Russian language at school.

Well-known linguist and methodologist of the 20th century V.I. Chernyshov noted: “People who have poor command of speech have some right to reproach their educational institution for not teaching them how to use the weapon that is most needed. ” That is why the system of classes in the Russian language should be in the field of close attention of both the practicing teacher and methodology as a science [8, p.103]. nine0009

Work in progress. M. Katonova, T. G. Ramzaeva, A. Tekucheva, T.A. Ladyzhenskaya, V.Kustareva presented methodological guidelines for working on the formation of students' speech skills.

So, A. Tekuchev in his work “Methodology of the Russian language at school” states that “the speech skills of a student are a vast area of skills associated with the use of oral and written words, the ability to formulate a short and complete answer to a question, in writing or orally retell what they heard or read, write an essay, make plans” [9, with. 297].

T.A. Ladyzhenskaya in the article "The system of work on the development of coherent oral speech of students" writes that for the successful implementation of work on the development of speech, certain conditions must be met. Firstly, this is the existence of a correct orientation of the teacher to the fact that mastering the norms of the literary language is as important as mastering the norms of spelling. Students should understand the significance of such concepts as "cultural person" and "culture of speech". Secondly, this is the understanding by students of the very concept of the norm: what is the norm, how it works in the language, why it is necessary to master it. Thirdly, it is taking into account the need for frequent repetition of the correct answer, both in writing and orally. And, fourthly, it is, as a result of the fulfillment of the previous conditions, the use of a system of exercises that gives students the opportunity to develop speech skills and abilities [7, p. 23]. nine0009

The content of the work consists of teaching the norms of the literary language, enriching the vocabulary and grammatical structure of students' speech, and developing the skill of coherent speech. Among speech exercises, exercises for creating texts are of great importance [1, 2, 4, 5, 6].

Composition is one of the forms of such statements. This is an exercise with which you can make the monologue speech of schoolchildren more clear, competent, expand their experience of speech activity, and form elementary competencies in the field of speech communications. nine0009

There are several types of essays: essay-reasoning, essay-narrative, essay-description. Let's take a closer look at the essay.

A descriptive essay is an essay based on description as a type of speech. All teachers know about the meaning of the essay-description, many methodological developments have been written. But how to build speech development lessons in such a way as to increase interest in creative work, reveal children's abilities, form communicative competencies, which will eventually become the basis for subsequent successful education in primary school? nine0009

There is a system in working on an essay, which is understood as the sequence of teaching essays as a whole. The system provides for the development of certain skills in students of clear, literate speech. These skills are communicative, they form the basis of speech competence.

The ability to clearly and competently express one's thoughts in written and oral form is a complex skill that requires the child, in addition to general development, to master certain skills:

ability to reveal a topic;
the ability to subordinate the composition of the main idea;
the ability to build an essay in a certain compositional form;
the ability to correctly express one's thoughts;
the ability to improve what is written.

During the period of education in elementary school, children get the first experience of a competent presentation of their thoughts, that is, the experience of working on an essay. The first compositions are written by children based on their life experience, so they are small in volume. In most cases, these are stories about events that develop over time, for example: "How we met the birds", "How we cleaned the school yard." They describe the beginning of an event or action, its development and end. Such stories are easy for students to understand, as they contain a plot. nine0009

Descriptive essays are an integral part of the Russian language lessons. In the course of working on an essay, students consolidate those spelling skills and skills that they receive in grammar lessons. Essays-descriptions are performed under the guidance of a teacher. The work on the essay is educational in nature [3, p. twenty.].

Consider the sequence of teaching essays with elements of description in elementary school.

Preparatory work for essays-descriptions begins in the alphabetical period and continues throughout the academic year. nine0009

In the first grade, children get acquainted with the essay-description for the first time. A descriptive essay contributes to the development of the accuracy of the choice of words, phrases, sentences, and the clear formulation of thoughts. In the course of the artistic description, students observe, highlight the main distinguishing features of the subject, apply the acquired knowledge and observations.

Elements of emotional description are not immediately included in the compositions. Initially, they consist of two or three sentences. So that schoolchildren can include elements of description in their creative work, they, under the guidance of a teacher, at the beginning of work, make short oral and written sketches (two or three sentences) of a person's appearance, known natural phenomena and objects. nine0009

A feature of the methodological approach of teaching younger students to write an essay - description in the first grade is a system of exercises based on the principle of a gradual increase in complexity. Therefore, written essays in the first grade are preceded by oral teaching exercises: oral answers to questions united by a theme, restoration of a deformed text from a number of plot pictures, making sentences from plot pictures, oral stories based on what has been read. By doing these exercises, under the guidance of a teacher, students learn to express thoughts sequentially. nine0009

The simplest in the system of training exercises are oral answers to questions united by a common theme. This work is creative, as students are required to express their thoughts on a specified topic. The teacher determines the order of utterance with questions, while students must understand the questions and answer them correctly. As didactic material for this type of exercise, you can use educational filmstrips and demonstration pictures for the development of speech. Educational filmstrips are convenient in that the teacher himself sets the viewing time for each frame. nine0009

The album of demonstration pictures on the development of speech in the first grade includes plot, landscape and subject pictures. Each of the pictures includes material on which you can formulate answers to questions. The teacher's questions should be aimed not only at revealing the content of the picture, but also at its comprehension, they should accustom younger students to independent reasoning, to draw conclusions.

One of the types of teaching exercises for the development of speech is the compilation of sentences united by a theme and recording them under the guidance of a teacher. The material of this can be plot pictures. The teacher asks the students to pay attention to the plot pictures, and then tell what is presented in them. In the course of such work, students develop the ability to accurately select words, correctly build sentences on a given topic. Work on a written essay begins at the end of the first half of the year [7, p.10.]. nine0009

Let's give an approximate theme of essays-descriptions in the first grade:

1. My favorite toy (oral description).

2. Our street (oral description based on observations).

3. Birch in autumn (oral description).

4. Dandelion (writing three or four sentences).

5. The willow blossomed (recording three or four sentences).

6. Schoolyard (write down three or four sentences).

7. My school (write down three or four sentences). nine0009

Descriptive essays in the second grade are small plot stories in both written and oral form. Before direct work on the essay-description, the teacher draws the attention of students to fragments of the works of art they are studying, which contain a description and can serve as their model.

The teacher organizes observation so that the descriptions are accurate. Descriptions often use adjectives. The teacher should inform the children of this feature and help in the selection of the right words. When preparing for an essay-description, several adjectives should be selected that characterize certain objects. For example: birch - young, beautiful, white-trunked, slender, elegant; leaves - emerald, sticky, young. These rows of words are written on the blackboard, and, working with them, the teacher shows how to choose the most accurate word from such a number of words to describe a given subject, depending on the topic of the essay. nine0009

In the second grade, the topics of essays are expanded. To essays based on personal life experience, essays are added on observations of the work of people and nature, according to plot pictures.

Let's give an approximate theme of essays-descriptions in the second grade:

1. Winter evening.

2. Maple leaf.

3. Snowflake on the palm.

4. Winter in the park (collective composition after an excursion to the park).

5. Kitten (composition-miniature based on key words). nine0009

6. My best friend (oral story).

7. The book is the best friend (collective essay-story).

8. At the feeder (according to a series of pictures).

9. Composition based on the painting by I. Levitan "March".

In the third grade, descriptions of single objects and simple actions are also introduced into plot stories and essays: a description of mushrooms in the essay “For Mushrooms”, a description of a drawing in the essay “What I Like to Draw”, etc. The work begins with the joint compilation of stories on summer theme. Where possible, descriptive elements are included in stories. nine0009

In the third and fourth grades, children write an essay based on pictures. Paintings develop the imagination of students, observation, teach to understand the art of painting. Writing an essay on one picture is much more difficult than on a number of pictures. Here, the student, using his own life experience, his knowledge, must create a plot in his imagination, imagine the environment against which the event takes place before and after the moment captured in the picture, outline the characters. At the same time, the student must control himself so that his imagination matches reality. nine0009

Let's give an approximate theme of essays-descriptions in the third grade:

1. How I rested in the summer (according to summer impressions).

2. Composition based on the painting by I. Levitan "Rye".

3. Composition based on the painting by A. Plastov “First Snow”.

4. Squirrel (composition-miniature).

5. My mother.

6. Composition based on the painting by A. Savrasov “The Rooks Have Arrived”.

7. Spring butterfly.

8. Composition based on a series of pictures "In the flood". nine0009

In the primary grades, children describe a picture by questions, revealing: the ideological and thematic meaning, the composition of the picture; action, if any, of actors.

In the period from the first to the fourth grade, the requirements for describing pictures increase every year: elements of analysis are introduced, children's observation develops.

Thus, the system of work on the formation of speech skills of younger students when creating a descriptive text for each year of study in elementary school has its own specific features. It is also important to note that the main condition for a good descriptive essay is the correct work on the topic, its disclosure and understanding. Without satisfying this condition, there is no point in working on the essay further. nine0009

Composition-description in elementary school is the most important method of educating a child, because when expressing his thoughts, he learns to concentrate, analyze impressions and feelings, correctly formulate a statement, draw conclusions.

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1. Beskorovainaya L.S. Modern open lessons of the Russian language. - Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 2002. - 384 p.

2. Bobrovskaya G.V. Activation of the vocabulary of a younger student // Elementary School. - 2003. - No. 4. - P.47-52. nine0009

3. Gusev D.A., Zaikin M.I. From folk crafts to spiritual ideals of cultural heritage // Higher education today. - 2014. - No. 1. - P. 80-83.

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5. Zhestkova E.A. Linguocultural and cognitive-discursive approaches in teaching the Russian language in a multi-ethnic school // Bulletin of the Cherepovets State University. –2014. - No. 2. - P.77-81. nine0009

6. Zhestkova E.A. Speech development of younger schoolchildren in the process of working with explanatory dictionaries // Culture, science, education: problems and prospects: coll. materials Vseros. scientific conf. February 7, 2014 Nizhnevartovsk. - Nizhnevartovsk: NSU publishing house, 2014. - P.43-46.

7. Ladyzhenskaya T.A. The system of work on the development of coherent oral speech of students. – M.: Enlightenment, 1974. – 255 p.

8. Sinitsyn V.A. Modern approaches to the development of speech of younger schoolchildren // Primary school. - 2003. - No. 2. - P.10-14. nine0009

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Working with vocabulary in the Russian language lessons: techniques and methods

Working with vocabulary in the Russian language lesson is of great general educational and practical importance. nine0009

The general educational value of vocabulary is that its study:

expands students' knowledge of the language,
shows the existing connections between vocabulary and other levels of language: between vocabulary and phonetics, between vocabulary and word formation, between vocabulary and morphology, between vocabulary and syntax, between vocabulary and stylistics,
forms a lexico-semantic approach to the word (as opposed to a grammatical one),
introduces the main sources of replenishment of the vocabulary of the language, thereby forming a view of the language as a developing phenomenon.

The practical meaning of vocabulary lies in the fact that its study:

reveals the word as an element of the dictionary system,
has a positive effect on students' understanding of the specifics of other units of the language,
affects the acquisition of spelling skills,
is the basis for enriching the vocabulary of students and the basis for work on style.

I. Tokmakova's poem "Plym"

A child invented a word and himself admits that it means nothing. There is no such word in the Russian language, we will not find this word in any dictionary. And those words that we use to express our thoughts, read in works of different genres, have their own explanation. But even these words themselves are found only in dictionaries. And they “live and work” in the sentence. Attentive sensitive attitude to the word must be brought up from the first meetings of the child with the book. It is necessary to teach the child, when meeting with an unfamiliar word, to stop and learn its lexical meaning. To do this, the student must know the methods of explaining the lexical meaning of the word. This article provides examples of some of them. nine0009

1. Reception of verbal explanation, interpretation.

The explanatory dictionary is of particular importance in the use of this technique. The use of a dictionary can be justified by various tasks, but one of them is to learn an exact concise definition. This is an important skill that is difficult to develop in a student. A child can explain the meaning of a word for a long time, incoherently, but those around him will not understand him. This also happens in the classroom. An example of such an explanation is in the comic poem "Plym". nine0201 And how should it really be?

Of course, not always a student will be able to give a clear and competent definition of any subject, so in the lessons you should work with an explanatory dictionary and analyze the definition itself.

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For example, when explaining the lexical meaning of the word spoon, they explain to which group of objects it belongs (cutlery), pay attention to the external resemblance to a spatula. nine0201 And when explaining the word rag, attention is drawn to the fact that this is a part of the fabric (a piece of fabric), and the purpose of this thing.

2. Using the context to determine the lexical meaning of a word
Often a child can independently understand the lexical meaning of unfamiliar or unfamiliar words without explanation by the teacher, without referring to an explanatory dictionary, but understanding their meaning from the content of the text. Can this approach be considered correct? I think not always. I will give an example of an excerpt from a magical story for children by A. Pogorelsky "The Black Hen, or Underground Inhabitants." nine0263 “Alyosha hurriedly put on his red bekesha with squirrel fur and a green velvet cap with a sable band and ran around the yard.”

When reading this story, students will come across unfamiliar words: bekesha and okoloshim. Of course, students will understand that this applies to garments. To understand the meaning of the work, it does not matter at all what clothes the boy ran around the yard in. But if students can imagine a bekesha in the form of a coat or jacket, they are unlikely to guess what a band is. nine0009

Isn't it interesting for younger students to find out what clothes their peers used to wear?
After explaining the meanings of these obsolete words and seeing what these items of clothing look like, children can compare their current clothes with those of their peers “from the past”.

3. Explanation of the meaning of a word using a picture, object, action, direction.
By the names of some items, the guys can guess why they are called that way, but a photograph or drawing gives a clearer idea of this subject (animal, plant, household item, etc.). For example, a butter churn. nine0263 Very often, the name of an object is based on some sign of the object, the brightest, which immediately catches the eye. On this basis, the object is called. For example, redstart.

Such an explanation of words arouses interest among younger students, prepares students to master the correct way of morphemic analysis.
In addition, often in the texts there are obsolete words that require not only a verbal explanation, but also an illustration of this subject to fully understand the lexical meaning of the word. We do not use many words in our speech, since in life there are no longer those objects that they designate. nine0263
That is why in order to fully understand the meaning of the work, thoughtful work with each unknown word is necessary.

4. Appeal to the etymology of the word

In the Russian language there are strange, interesting and not entirely clear words for younger students that raise questions about their meaning. For example, the word is a mess.

How to explain the lexical meaning of this word?
Synonyms of this word are confusion, turmoil, disorder. Of course, the children will immediately understand everything. Then why are such understandable words called the strange word katavasia? To do this, one must turn to the etymological meaning of the word, and this way of explaining the word must also be known to the students. It turns out that this word was borrowed from Greek and was a church term. nine0009

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This was the name given to the moment when the singers of two choirs converged in the center of the temple and sang prayers. I had to sing on the go and in many voices. Sometimes the person who saw it did not understand the meaning and perceived it as a mess. Thus was born the modern meaning of the word.

5. Explanation of the meaning of a word by listing the objects named by the given word.
This technique is applicable mainly for preschool children. But a younger student, explaining the lexical meaning of a word, often uses this skill. For example, a plate is a type of tableware or a piece of tableware that ...
Birds are rooks, falcons, sparrows, seagulls…
Dishes are plates, cups, pans, saucers….

6. Method of word-formation analysis.
An excerpt from the work of G. Oster will serve as a striking example.
- And what is your grandmother like? - Asked the monkey
- She is so ..., so - said the boa constrictor, peering into the distance, - very tailed?!
- Boastful? - the monkey was surprised.
- No! - the boa constrictor was offended. - She's not boastful. She just has a very long tail. nine0263 – How are you?
- Longer. And that's why she's very cheeky.
Why did the heroes of the work not understand each other? When explaining the lexical meaning of each word, we understand:

likes to show off - boastful
has a very long tail - tailed

In in this case there is an error in the formation of an adjective with a suffix.

How did the boa explain? He explained to the monkey the meaning of the word with the help of the cognate word tail. Determining the lexical meaning of a word through the selection of a related (single root) word is a common method. This needs to be brought to the attention of students. After all, the same word can be explained in different ways. Often you can pick up a word that explains both its spelling and understanding why the object was named that way. nine0201 For example, the word hacksaw:
1. This is a narrow hand saw.
2. This is a saw that resembles a knife.

I believe that working with the lexical meaning of a word enriches the child's passive and active vocabulary, teaches them to understand the meaning of what they read and, as a result, develops an interest in reading, and helps to instill in students the habit of starting morphemic analysis with the interpretation of the word. In addition, a good knowledge of vocabulary is not only the key to the formation of the communicative competence of any person, but also a means for the initial stage of the formation of spelling literacy of a small reader.