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Descriptive Language Writing Workshop

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Descriptive Language Writing Workshop

Read the passage, notice how its words create pictures and sounds, then plan and write a descriptive paragraph. Use New Zealand spelling.

Read and notice

At dawn on the dairy farm, silver mist curled around the paddocks. A tractor rumbled along the track, and cows called softly from the shed. Hemi rubbed a sleepy eye as the sharp, sweet smell of fresh hay drifted past. The chilly gate felt like ice beneath his hand. Beyond the fence, the hills were a crumpled green blanket, and the rising sun spilled gold across the grass.

1.Which two details in the passage help you picture what the farm looks like?

Silver mist around the paddocks
The tractor rumbled along the track
The hills were a crumpled green blanket
Cows called softly from the shed

2.Copy a phrase from the passage that compares one thing to another using “like” or “as”.

3.What is compared to a crumpled green blanket, and what does that comparison help you imagine?

4.Find two words or phrases in the passage that appeal to the sense of hearing.

Plan a place description

Choose a place you know well. It could be a farm, a beach, a sports field or somewhere else. Add concrete details to the organiser. If a sense does not fit your place, write a detail you might notice there.

Place I chose: ____________________

SIGHT — colours, shapes, movement

SOUND — noises, voices, quiet

SMELL — strong, faint, sweet or sharp scents

TOUCH — textures, temperature, movement

TASTE — a flavour you might notice there

5.Use your organiser to write a descriptive paragraph of 5–8 sentences about your chosen place. Include details from at least three senses and use at least one simile, metaphor or example of alliteration.

6.After writing, name the figurative language technique you used and copy the words that show it.

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