DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. WHAT DOES DESCRIPTIVE WRITING MEAN?  Word choice  Adjectives  Using our five senses.

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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

WHAT DOES DESCRIPTIVE WRITING MEAN?  Word choice  Adjectives  Using our five senses

Adjective Syllables: ad-jec-tive; (3) Definition: a word that describes a noun Examples: Warm Purple Skinny Non-Examples: Doesn’t describe a person, place or thing Jump Quickly

ADJECTIVES  Words that describe a noun (person, place, or thing)  Usually tell:  The size  The color  How it feels  How it looks  How it behaves  How it sounds

FIND THE ADJECTIVE…  The fat cat jumped the fence.  Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today.  Ben is a quiet baby.

 I met a homeless person in New York.  Write your name in the big, blue, square box.  I bought a pair of black leather shoes.

Name the five senses on your whiteboard. Taste Smell Sight Touch Hear

 Think for a moment about how much you use touch, taste, vision, hearing, and smelling in your every day life.  These are the things that make things appealing to us, so they greatly help when trying to write.

 Authors add adjectives to their writing to make stories more interesting.  Our five senses go well with adjectives. The adjective helps describe how something looks, tastes, feels, sounds, or smells.

ACTIVITY RULES…  Must listen to teacher for which sense you will be using  No talking during the activity  Eyes must remain closed until told to open them. It will ruin the smell and touch section of the activity.

 Pass out item  Have students look at it  Have students touch it  Have students smell it  Have students taste it  Have students listen to the sound it makes.  Have students take out a piece of paper

WRITING…  Write a sentence for each sense.  Make sure to use adjectives to describe the popcorn.  Now, write a paragraph about your favorite ice cream.