Describe Paint Your Words What is Descritpive Writing? Use of imageries Use of five senses Zoom in /Zoom out 360 Degrees Figurative Language Emotive Language Show, Don’t Tell Problem Areas What goes wrong? 01 02 03 TONE STRUCTURE LANGUAGE The tone changes from Descritpive to Narrative An account and no Imageries Hardly any figurative or emotive language used. DESCRIPTION vs. NARRATION The week before Christmas my family piled in to the car bundled in our warmest jackets and On Christmas morning we all tip-toed down stairs and tucked under our fuzzy hats and scarves. anxiously waited until it was time to dive in to the shreds of wrapping paper and find out what Santa had left For Christmas my family went to Grandma’s house. We were all sad to say goodbye, so we leaned out the car window in to the frosty air for one last wave to our family before we were on our way home. We saw snow on the way there I had a lot of fun seeing all of my family. On Christmas morning we opened presents We drove through the vast country side where the snow acted like a giant, soft, white blanket, tucking the ground in for winter Avoid cliches- forget the sun was as bright as or as big as… Instead, why don't you try... The quality of the sun's light The sun's fading light was like a dimming lamp. How the sun made people feel The sun threw out a warmth, as comforting as a favourite blanket. Relate it to its surroundings The sun was like a throned king, seated on top of the mountains. How the sun changes the look of the setting Personify the sun Sunlight broke through the trees The sun climbed down from the sky, onto the grass, like patches of spilt like a weary traveller ready for his bed. gold. Task 1 Let’s Create... A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words Start with a sentence saying the time of day and where it is. Describe a sound using personification. Describe the source of the sound using an embedded clause. Morning playtime in the park. Laughter raced around the playground, banging off the swing frame and echoing over the fields. The little girl shrieked as she called to go higher on the swings, her voice half laughing, half demanding Pick one thing and describe the colour of it. Describe the smell using a simile. Describe the texture of the thing using a list. Put it into context and say where it is. Leaves were a pale golden brown with white veins crisscrossing their five points. There was a faint mossy smell, like damp compost bins. The leaves were crisp, paper thin, and fragile. They lay on the floor of the park, small children trampling them to get to the swings Begin by picking out three things you see and list them, then use a colon and say what is happening. Use a simile to describe the sound. Describe a movement starting with a verb. Behind... Swing, child, bear: it was playtime in the park. Children's laughter rang across the playground like happy jangling bells. Swinging rhythmically, the girl and her teddy bear sat on the swings, hands holding on to the bar tightly. Behind her the sun streamed through the trees, the start of a bright spring day. Task 2 Scaffold and describe... ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● One word sentence about the time/location/event. Use a triple to describe three things in the picture that are there or may be appearing/leaving. Use a simile to describe the light/weather Describe the light/weather with a clause. Landing. The passengers had gone, the crew had gone, the baggage had gone, and all that was left was the aeroplane. Only a little light was left from the slowly setting sun. Long shadows stretched out on the floor as the ground around the aeroplane turned dark. Quiet and still, the plane sat on the tarmac in the early evening. In the background the sound of beeping trucks could be heard as they carried Double adjective to describe the setting suitcases in to the terminal. The plane's engine had (weather/time) turned off, but as it cooled down there was Describe a sound and its source. whirring, humming, hissing and popping. The Triple to describe another source of sound tarmac floor was dusty, hot and freshly painted with List the textures of an object/thing in the picture. lines and boxes to direct the pilots. Everywhere was deserted, there was nobody to be seen. Everything/nothing sentence. An onomatopoeic word to describe the noise. Describe the source of the noise with an embedded clause. A sentence to describe the whole image (time/event/setting) Describe movement using a list of verbs to describe the type of movement. Onomatopoeic word to describe the noise. An onomatopoeic word to describe the noise. Describe the source of the noise with an embedded clause. One word sentence to describe the whole image (time/event/setting) Describe movement using a list of verbs to describe the type of movement. Onomatopoeic word to describe the noise. Crackle. The ice shifted uneasily as it splintered and weakened in the morning sun, melting as the warmth slowly split the thick ice. Sunrise on the lake. Swirling, murmuring, shivering: thick clouds of frosty mist shrouded the buildings on the Island. Crackle. Task 3 Question : Write a descriptive essay in 350-450 words on any ONE of the following: 1. Describe what you see, hear and feel as you board a crowded bus. 2. Write a description with the title, ‘Downhill’. Thanks