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14.5.1 Creative Writing: Descriptive Writing
English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Words and expressions that appeal to sight, sound, smell, taste and touch
- Describing people, places and events in Olympic sport, including safety
- A descriptive composition; peer feedback; revise and publish
What you will be able to do
- identify words and expressions for describing people, places and events
- write a descriptive composition on people, places and events
- value the place of description in written and spoken communication
Key questions
“Which words or expressions do we use to describe things, events or people?”
“How can descriptions make our writing better?”
Lessons
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A sense bank for people, places, events
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCollect five-sense words from an Olympic or sports-safety passage and from a still image or memory. Contrast description with plot.
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Draft, peer-review, publish a sports description
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWrite a descriptive composition on an Olympic-related person, place or event. Revise after a peer names one vivid line. Publish.