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Descriptive Writing Workshop

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Descriptive Writing Workshop

Student writing with descriptive words floating around

🎯 WALT & Success Criteria

We Are Learning To: Use descriptive language effectively to create vivid images for the reader.

1. Tick the success criteria you will aim for today:

Use at least five descriptive adjectives and adverbs

Include sensory details (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

Use varied sentence structures

Include similes or metaphors

📚 Descriptive Language Practice

2. Circle the most descriptive word in each group:

a)

big
enormous
large

b)

walked
moved
shuffled

c)

cold
freezing
cool

3. Match each sense to the descriptive word:
Sight
Sound
Smell
Touch
Taste
Salty
Rough
Sparkling
Crackling
Fragrant
4. Complete these similes:

a) The sunset was as orange as _________________

b) The wind howled like _________________

c) Her voice was as soft as _________________

5. Turn these "telling" sentences into "showing" sentences using descriptive language:

a) The dog was happy.

b) The room was messy.

✏️ Descriptive Writing Task

6. Choose a familiar setting to describe:

Your bedroom

A local park

The school playground

A beach

Other: _______________

7. Plan your sensory details:

What can you see? ________________________________

What can you hear? ________________________________

What can you smell? ________________________________

What can you touch/feel? ________________________________

8. Write your descriptive paragraph using the sentence starters below:

Sentence starters to help you:

• As I enter/arrive at _________, I notice...

• The air smells like...

• In the distance, I can hear...

• The _______ looks like...

• Suddenly...

Word Bank - Sensory Words

Sight: gleaming, shadowy, vibrant, faded, towering, tiny, sparkling, murky

Sound: whisper, roar, crackle, thud, chirp, screech, rustle, splash

Smell: fragrant, musty, sweet, pungent, fresh, smoky, salty

Touch: smooth, rough, silky, prickly, warm, icy, soft, hard

Taste: bitter, tangy, sweet, sour, spicy, bland, rich

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