Welcome In your comp book, add “Sensory Language” to your table of contents. In your composition book, create a table like this. Fill the table with adjectives that go with each sense. Sight Smell Taste Touch Sound

Are facts that are collected through the 5 senses. Sensory Details Are facts that are collected through the 5 senses.

Use sensory details in writing to give the read a clear idea of what you are describing. Example

Ask What do you see? What do you hear? What do you feel? What do you smell? What do you taste?

Sight Sound Touch Taste Smell Brilliant Clamor Cool Bland Foul Dingy Hiss Dusty Creamy Perfumed Gloomy Mumble Fluffy Gingery Putrid Shadowy Rant Gooey Nauseating Spicy Striped Squeal Prickly Peppery Sweet Tarnished Thud Slippery Rotten Rancid Twinkling Whimper Velvety Scrumptious Musty

Revising a Descriptive Paragraph Have I created a strong impression? Have I created a vivid mental image through the use of sensory details? Have I used concrete words/descriptive adjectives? Do my details support the main idea of the paragraph?

Activity Without naming what the item is, Write a paragraph describing it using sensory details We will read it in class and see if we can guess  what the item is that you describe. 

In your composition book, write a short story about an awkward family dinner. MAKE IT UP. Use as many types of sensory language as you can. We will share our writing in thirty minutes. If you finish early, come show me so I can grade. Welcome! Use this key to highlight your sensory language: Sight: blue Sound: yellow Touch: green Taste: orange Smell: pink