1. TEACHER PAGE TEACHER PAGE

2. Before lesson: – Be sure to print copies of slides 8-12. (You can print using handout view to save paper and ink.)slides 8-12 Lesson: – View slides 3-7 together, complete activities and discuss. – Distribute pictures from slides 8-12 to students. (Each student from a group should get a different picture and should hide it from the group.) – Each student should describe details about their picture and allow group members to guess the setting.

3. When we watch a movie, we see exactly what the movie-makers want us to see. When we read a story we make our own mind movies. We picture the setting, the characters, and action based on the words the writer gives us. Good writers add details about how a character looks or behaves and how the setting looks, sounds, feels, and smells to help the readers make a mind movie.

4. Close your eyes… and think about WATER.

5. Open your eyes… and think: Did you see a swimming pool? the ocean? bath water? a hose? a sink of water? rain? “Water” could describe any of these things and more. A writer must use details to describe the water so that the reader sees in his or her mind what the writer intended.

6. details seehearfeel Use details to describe to your partner what you see, hear, feel, etc. in the setting of water that you imagined. Can your partner guess your “water?” Can you guess his/hers?

7. Look at the picture that your teacher gives you. Describe details about the setting to a friend without telling the setting. What do you see? What is happening? What do you hear? What stands out? What else can you describe? Can your friend guess the setting?