This lesson focuses on descriptive writing including discussing what it is and the chararacteristics. It provides links to the web articles: "How to Write a Descriptive Essay," "5 Model Descriptive Paragraphs," "MLA Formatting and Style...

This lesson focuses on figurative language used in descriptive writing including similes, metaphors, cliches, hyperbole. It offers multiple links to websites pertaining to figurative language in descriptive and creative writing; an...

A list of sensory words are included on this site. These words are organized according to each "sense" category. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details

Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...

Inspired by Julianna's understanding (from the novel Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen) that "A painting is more than the sum of its parts," students will describe a memorable place that evokes a certain feeling or emotion. Students will...

As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize focusing on specific forms of writing, this site discusses describing scenes as a type of descriptive writing. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details

In this lesson plan, students use the ocean and their five senses as inspirations to create their own unique haikus. Lesson provides assessment criteria and a list of sources.

How can using your five senses help you tell a better story? Young writers brainstorm three sensory details about a personal topic before writing a story about it. If they need help with ideas, they can click the magic button for story...

Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...

Students continue their exploration of the human senses and their engineering counterparts, focusing on the auditory sense. Working in small groups, students design, create and run programs to control the motion of LEGO TaskBots. By...

Virtually participate in a workshop of four high school teachers led by a renowned author. There are eight topics including "Hiding and Revealing with Language," "Using Sensory Description," and "Writing a Picture of Me".

This lesson explains how characters develop in fiction writing. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives

This site from the St. Cloud State University provides many links in this index with general writing help. Under "Development" you'll find "Sensory Details." Under "Logical Fallicies" you'll find a link by the same name. Look under...

Writers use sensory imagery ("smelled the salty air"), similes ("like a strong man playing tug-of-war"), and metaphors ("the waves roaring in my ears") to capture the reader's imagination. In this lesson, you will learn how to identify...

Students learn to use one-main-idea think-sheets when producing simple descriptive essays.

Students write acrostic name poems, sensory poems, and how-to poems and compile them into a class book of poetry.

This slideshow lesson defines and discusses setting in fiction writing.

This resource provides links to eight comparison and contrast essays written by English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Each essay involves comparing and contrasting two different cultures or specific aspects in those cultures.

Front cover of the book Micawber by John Lithgow.

Front cover of I Love You the Purplest by Barbara M. Joosse.

This lesson introduces descriptive papers.

This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in descriptive papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Descriptive Papers: Key Elements."