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Descriptive Writing Practice

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Descriptive Writing Practice

🎯 WALT: Incorporate descriptive language to enhance recount writing

✅ Success Criteria

I can use at least five descriptive words in my recount

I can choose words that make my writing more interesting

I can use adjectives and adverbs to add detail

📝 Part 1: Choosing Descriptive Words

1. Circle the best adjective to describe each noun:

The _______ dog ran across the park.

big
fluffy
energetic

2. Choose the adverb that shows HOW something happened:

The children played _______ in the playground.

happily
yesterday
there

3. Which sentence uses the MOST descriptive language?

We went to the beach.

We went to the sunny, sandy beach on a warm day.

We went to the beach yesterday.

4. Add descriptive words to make this sentence more interesting:

The cat sat on the mat.

The _______ cat sat _______ on the _______ mat.

✏️ Part 2: Writing Practice

5. Improve this recount by adding at least FIVE descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs). Use the word bank below to help you:

Word Bank: quickly, bright, carefully, enormous, softly, colourful, slowly, tiny, loudly, smooth, gently, sparkling

Original recount: "Yesterday I went to the park. I saw a bird in a tree. The bird sang. I walked home."

6. Extension Activity: Write your own short recount about something special that happened to you. Use descriptive language to help your reader picture what happened. Try to include words that describe how things looked, sounded, or felt.
7. Count and circle how many descriptive words you used in question 6:

1-3 words
4-5 words
6+ words

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