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Descriptive Prompt: Precise Language Lesson PlanDescriptive Prompt: Precise Language Lesson Plan
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Descriptive Prompt: Precise Language

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Incorporate sensory details into a piece of descriptive writing. First, elementary and middle schoolers improve a piece of writing by using precise, vivid language, as well as appropriate word choice. They then listen to a variety of read aloud books which focus on the senses. Can they identify which senses are used and when?  

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sensory details, imagery, figurative language, Narrative Writing, narratives, precise language, word choice, diction, sentence fluency

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descriptive writing, precise language, descriptive language, sensory details, sentence fluency, concrete words and phrases, english language arts

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Common Core

W.3.3.a W.3.3.b W.4.3.a W.4.3.d W.5.3.a W.5.3.d W.6.3.a W.6.3.d W.7.3.a W.7.3.d W.8.3.a W.8.3.d

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