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11 Writing a Description

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11 Writing a Description

Start-Up Activity

Read and discuss pages 46 and 47. Then display a colorful photo and ask students to identify what they see and feel when they look at the image. Develop a shared description including some of their ideas. Next, have students individually write a description of their own based on another photo that you provide. Have students use the model on page 46 as a guide.

Enrichment Activity: Take students on a walk outside the school. Ask them to pay careful attention to the sights, sounds, and smells around them. Develop a shared sensory description based on details they identify. Then have students write a sensory description of their own based on another setting.

Think About It

“The bigger something is, the harder it is to describe. If you don’t believe me, try to describe the sky.”

 

Page 46-47 from Write One Student Handbook

Lesson Plan

  • Read the first page of “Writing a Description” with the children. Focus on the description of the new car. What special details does the writer share? How is the writer's car different from a car that you have ridden in? How would you describe a car that you know about?
  • Read the second page, focusing on the description of the writer's grandmother. What special details does the writer share? How do sounds (singing) and smells (peppermint) make you feel about Grandma? Point out that descriptions use details about what people see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.

Classroom Applications

Large Group

  • Ask your students to look around the classroom and find one special thing that they like. It could be anything from a favorite book to a poster of an animal to a pencil with chew marks on the side. Then have children draw and write about their favorite thing without naming it. Afterward, have students share their work with partners, who should try to find the favorite thing in the room.
  • On the board, write "Favorite People." Then list some of your favorite people and describe each one. Afterward, have students copy "Favorite People" onto a piece of paper and write and draw about some of their favorite people. Encourage them to include sensory details.

Small Group

  • On the board, list some special places at your school: "Library," "Cafeteria," "Art Room," "Gym." Have students vote for which place they like most in the school, and then group children together by their places.
  • Have children discuss what they like most about their special places. Ask them to draw or write details about their special places. Have each group write a description of their special place to share with the class.

Individual

  • Tell students that they need to choose one special person, place, or thing that they want to draw and write about.
  • Assign "Writing a Description" from pages 72-73 of the Write One SkillsBook to support students as they write their descriptions.
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