1. DETAILS

2. Detail Goals Clear, precise word choice Clear, descriptive phrases
Pictures in reader’s mind
Setting details
Character details
Sensory details

3. A Writer’s Checklist
_____ Did I change words to make my writing more clear?
_____ Did I add sensory details (sights, sounds, smells, feelings, etc.)?
_____ Did I add dialogue?
_____ Did I create a picture in the reader’s mind?
_____ Did I add strong verbs?

4. Checking for detail Person, Place, Thing or Event
Words That You Will Change
Girl
brilliant young girl, who is in my first period class,
Mom
Mom, her tear-filled eyes staring across the room through her hard-earned wrinkles…
School
O’Banion Middle School, home of the most brilliant students and the bravest teachers,