Descriptive Writing

descriptive writing
Detail description
Describe a person, place or thing
Capturing an event
Pay close attention to the details using five senses
WHY
It will help your students' writing to be more
interesting and full of details.
Encourages students to use new vocabulary/words.
Help students clarify their understanding of new
subject matter material.




HOW
Modeling and the sharing of quality literature full of
descriptive writing.
Attract students attention( 5 senses).
Word choices in classroom.


-According to Book Nuts Reading Club
Good descriptive writing is organized. Some ways
to organize descriptive writing include:
chronological (time), spatial (location), and order of
importance. When describing a person, you might
begin with a physical description, followed by how
that person thinks, feels and acts.

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/descriptive_writing
Example