Descriptive Writing Activity #2

Feb. 2

 

Task#1 – Read your descriptive pieces to a partner and try to guess what each other is describing.  Provide one piece of feedback.

Task #2 –  Look at Parts of a Sentence

Task #3 – Creating & transforming the simple sentences. Please create 8 simple sentences (each should have a subject, object, and action) and transform them into well-written descriptive sentences such as the example below.  Be sure to answer the questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how.

Example:

He walked the dog.

On Sunday morning, Steve happily walked his tiny black poodle through Stanley park with girlfriend while enjoying their Starbucks coffee they bought on Granville Street before they set out on their perfect Autumn date together.

Other examples of simple sentences are:

  1. She played soccer
  2. He liked her
  3. The food was good
  4. He loves basketball
  5. I love the rain

Attached are two word banks that will be of use to you:

Adjective Word Bank

Sensory Words