DESCRIPTIV

E WRITING
Spooky Places
 Plan Plan ideas for a spooky piece of writing

Work in pairs to write as many

LESSON Work in adjectives (describing words) as you can

OBJECTIV
ES Give Give feedback to your partner

Add Add to/correct your writing

STEPS TO SUCCESS
Feedback and
5 – 10 words to Practice reading
Sharing – swap
describe a spooky out your writing to
words with your
place your partner
partner

Make helpful Add to/correct

suggestions to your writing using
Exit Ticket
improve your suggestions from
partner’s writing your partner
 Am I paying close attention to verbs and
adjectives?

KEY Am I using full sentences beginning with

capital letters and ending with full stops?
QUESTIO Am I including believable details – does
NS it sound real?

Have I written at least one page and

used paragraphs?
VOCABUL
ARY LIST
• Spooky Chains
• Haunted Rotten
• Gloomy Simile
• Texture
• Temperature
• Creepy
5 – 10 WORDS

Write down 5 –
Once you hear
10 adjectives to You have 5
Work in pairs the buzzer – you
describe a spooky minutes to do so
must stop writing
place

Student 1 says Student 2 says Swap or add

his/her words to his/her words to words you like to
student 2 student 1 your list
ACTIVITY 1: PLAN YOUR
WRITING

USE THE MIND MAP QUESTION SHEETS TO USE THE QUESTIONS TO ADD AS MANY MAKE USE OF YOUR LIST OF ADJECTIVES IN
PLAN YOUR WRITING DETAILS AS YOU CAN – THE QUESTIONS WILL YOUR ANSWERS – ADD THE APPROPRIATE
GIVE YOU IDEAS ADJECTIVES FOR QUESTIONS OF PLACE,
SMELL, SIGHT, SOUND ETC
ACTIVIT Share your
Y 2: ideas
FEEDBA
CK AND Differences
SHARING and
Similarities
 Use the information you put on the mind map

ACTIVI
Use question sheets to start your piece of writing

TY 3: Use Use paragraphs and full sentences with full

stops

START
WRITI
Make sure your writing includes information
Make about location, smell, sound, sight and feeling

NG Use Use your adjectives

ACTIVITY 5: ADD/CORRECT

01 02 03 04
Read out your Partner listens You have 10 Finish for
piece of writing and makes minutes homework if you
to your partner suggestions run out of time
about how to
improve
EXIT TICKET
HOMEWORK

01 02 03 04
Finish piece of writing: Make sure adjectives Make sure paragraphs Make sure it is spooky
are used in the right and full sentences with
places – for example full stops are used
‘ear-splitting’ is an
adjective for hearing,
‘dark’ is an adjective
for seeing