Descriptive+Writing

=DESCRIPTIVE WRITING MINI-LESSONS =

Students write about their favorite place using **descriptive writing **. They participate in a visualization activity, and write a descriptive paragraph about the place they visualize. Students incorporate sensory details into a piece of **descriptive writing **. They improve a piece of writing by using precise and vivid language and word choice. They first listen to a variety of read aloud books which focus on the senses. Students comprehend and identify the techniques used by authors with **descriptive writing **. They identify parts of speech in descriptions. Students identify figures of speech in descriptions: similes, metaphors, and personifications. Students write two descriptive leads to learn how to reel in readers. After their leads have been written, they will share with a partner to decide which was the most appealing. In this leads lesson, students can also write a reflection on what can make a lead grab readers attention.

Students develop their writing skills. In this **descriptive writing ** lesson, students examine passages from //Hatchet //by Gary Paulsen. Students illustrate the passages they hear and then revise their own writing so that it includes vivid details.