1. Dress-Up Practice
You will have a variety of pictures to look at and you are to select one to describe in detail. This is a free write so we are really just trying to play with the words. Structure is important, using effective dress-ups is more important.
The most effective image writing will:
Use each dress-up at least once. May be used more than once or in combinations
Demonstrate that the writer is able to “zoom in” and capture some significant detail or details of the photo
Shows the reader instead of tells the reader

2. Zooming In Impression Application
Ask: How does it feel? What does it look like? How does it sound? How does it taste? How does it smell?
Observation
Impression
Application
Cat, branch, dangle,
A cat in trouble, struggling, feet kicking
Claws digging, feet kicking, the cat clung to the branch.

3. Paint with Adjectives and Verbs

4. Paint with clauses, adjectives and verbs The sun rose over the lake.

6. Practice Zooming In

11. SIGHT
SOUND
SMELL
Imagery
TOUCH
TASTE