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14.5.1 Descriptive Writing (200 – 240 words)
English · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Features you can describe: a person, a thing, a place — senses, size, colour, sound, feeling
- Descriptive writing versus narrative: show a scene, do not only tell a plot
- A 200–240 word composition on an outdoor-sports subject; gallery peer review
What you will be able to do
- identify features of a person, a thing, or a place that can be described
- write a descriptive composition on a given subject
- underscore the importance of creative writing in communication
Key questions
“What do you consider when describing something?”
Lessons
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What you can describe, and how it differs from a story
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizList features of a person, thing or place. Descriptive writing shows a scene through the senses; narrative mainly tells what happened next.
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Write 200–240 words on an outdoor-sports subject
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPlan one subject, write a descriptive composition of 200 to 240 words, then revise one weak feature after gallery review.