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Descriptive Writing Practice

Wiremu, Freya and Mei have built a robot for their club’s rescue challenge. Help readers picture the robot and the workshop. Use describing words and details from the senses.

Notice the Details

Read each sentence carefully. Think about which words help a reader make a picture in their mind.

1.Read: “The tiny robot rolled across the smooth floor, its blue lights blinking brightly.” Which words describe what the robot looks like or how it moves?

tiny, smooth, blue, brightly
robot, floor, lights
across, its, the

2.Which detail helps you imagine a sound the robot makes?

Its metal body is shiny.
Its wheels whirr softly.
Its red button is round.

3.Choose a describing word to finish the sentence: “The robot’s gripper lifted the ______ parcel.”

4.Which sentence gives the clearest picture of the workshop?

The workshop was good.
The busy workshop smelled of warm toast and hummed with the buzz of tiny motors.

Build a Description

Use details from the robotics club challenge. There can be more than one good answer when you write your own description.

5.Imagine the robot’s wheels moving over a bumpy mat. Write one sentence describing what you might hear.

6.Write one sentence describing how the robot looks. Include at least two describing words.

7.Join these ideas with “and”, “but” or “so”: “Freya pressed the green button. The robot began to spin.”

8.Make this sentence more descriptive by adding a word about sight and a word about sound: “The robot moved.”

9.Write three or four sentences describing the robot as it completes its rescue challenge. Include what it looks like and at least one sound or movement. You may use details such as blinking lights, rattling wheels, a wobbly parcel or a cheering team.

10.Check your paragraph. Tick each feature you included: describing words; a detail about what the robot looks like; a sound or movement; a joining word such as “and”, “but” or “so”.