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Space Descriptive Writing Worksheets

Create a vivid description of a place in space. Use precise adjectives, details about appearance and texture, space vocabulary and complete sentences. Plan your ideas before you write. Word bank: vast, rocky, cratered, atmosphere, gravity, horizon, barren, magnificent, shimmering, distant

Choose and plan

Choose one setting: Earth seen from orbit, the surface of Mars, or a walk on the Moon. Jot down sensory details and descriptive words to use in your paragraph.

1.Which space setting will you describe? Write its name, then list words or short phrases for what you might see, hear, feel, and notice about its colours, size and mood. You may invent sensory details, but keep them believable for your chosen setting.

Build your description

Use the prompts below to generate ideas. Choose at least three to turn into complete sentences.

2.Write a sentence describing something striking you can see in your chosen space setting.

3.Describe a surface in your setting using a precise adjective or comparison.

4.What colours would stand out in your scene? Describe how they appear together.

5.Choose one space word—crater, atmosphere, gravity, horizon or barren—and use it correctly in a sentence about your setting.

6.Write a descriptive paragraph about your chosen setting. Include details about its appearance, scale, texture or atmosphere, and organise your ideas into complete sentences.

7.Choose one extension: add a second paragraph about the silence or sounds of your setting; write a line of dialogue between two astronauts; or include three accurate facts about the place you described.

vast · rocky · cratered · atmosphere · gravity · horizon · barren · magnificent · shimmering · distant

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