GOOD

MORNING!
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
It helps the reader;
To visualize To understand To recognize the
the text better author’s intention
more clearly.
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WHAT MAKES
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
IMPORTANT?
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CLASSROOM STRATEGIES
ROUTINES AND STRUCTURES FOR TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

DISCUSSANT: PROFESSOR:
HONEY GRACE B. LLEDO ESTRELLA ARROYO, PhD.
 • RAFT
• It encourages descriptive writing and supports writing in general by
STRATEGY
encouraging students to think through the writer’s role, the
Audience, the Format, and the Topic.
 2. SENSE CHART
• Organized into sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch categories —
helps students capture sensory details related to a topic.
 3. DESCRIBING
WHEEL
• offers a more open-ended format for capturing and organizing
descriptive language.
• It is used to provide information about a main topic of a story or a part of a
story, such as a person, place, or thing being described.
TOPIC
4.SHOW-ME
SENTENCES
RELATED STRATEGIES

1. RAFT
It helps students understand their roles as writers, the
audience they will address, the varied formats for writing,
and the topic they'll be writing about.
 2.REVISION
Teaches students about the characteristics of good writing, which will
carry over into their future writing. Revision skills complement
reading skills; revision requires that writers distance themselves from
the writing and critically evaluate a text.
 3.WRITING
It give students a chance to share their writing and

CONFERENCE
receive feedback from peers or the teacher.
 4.THINK ALOUD
It can be used for writing as well as reading instruction
 DIFFERENTIATE
INSTRUCTION
For English learners, readers of different ability levels, or students
needing extra support:

• Use dictation as a way to help capture students thoughts and

ideas.
• Provide sentence frames for writing descriptive sentences or
paragraphs.
• Use pictures and other sensory prompts.
DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION
For English learners, readers of different ability levels, or students
needing extra support:

4. Provide budding writers with real-life or virtual experiences that

give them something to write about. Trips to a relative’s house,
playground, or grocery store provide real-life experiences that can
be recorded by a new writer.
5. Encourage students to work with a buddy or in a small group to
develop first drafts.
6. Work with students to brainstorm a word bank of interesting and
descriptive words students can incorporate into their writing.
 “Specific approaches are provided for language
teachers to assist content-area teachers in
incorporating more writing into their classrooms.
Some of these approaches may be useful to
language teachers, particularly in engaging
students to think about learning.”

Mitchell, D. (1996). Writing to learn across the curriculum and the English teacher. English Journal, 85, 93-97.
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FEEL(FILL) ME WITH
LOVE
FEEL(FILL) ME WITH LOVE
INSTRUCTION: Fill up the heart battery by using the 5 senses, choose a significant moment that you
want to remember.

1. Event (real or imagined) that I want to describe: _______________________

2. How did you feel (emotion) when this event was taking place?
________________________________________________________
3. Think about that moment/event. Put yourself in that moment again. What did you:
a. See? _____________________________________________
b. Smell? ____________________________________________
c. Taste? ____________________________________________
d. Feel (physical/touch)? _________________________________
e. Hear? ____________________________________________
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REFERENCES:
https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/descriptive_writing?fbclid=IwAR2895IuT
hBXsb77607IBHYNBDFlS9NN6ouhnejSI5mu1BPh0XTGpdQLYXY

https://www.literacysolutions.com.au/resources/ideas-sensory-details-chart.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAdJNDJMu0Q