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Descriptive Writing – 31 worksheets, Information PDF Book and Interactive PowerPoint Quiz

$11.00

The resources in this bundle were designed to develop the descriptive writing and literacy skills of upper primary / lower secondary (middle school), English / ELA students. They would be particularly useful for those who are teaching Creative Writingย and/orย Short Storyย writing units.

Included resources/tasks:

Descriptive Writing Information Book (18 page PDF file)

This book is to be used as a guide when completing the worksheets or PPT Quiz.

It includes information about:

  • Show, don’t tellย writing techniques withย Show, don’t tellย examples
  • Expanding vocabulary with descriptive writing words
  • Making suitable language choices with descriptive writing words
  • Replacing words with suitable synonyms
  • Examples of figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, symbolism and figurative language examples in literature)
  • Famous literary text samples (Little Women, Black Beauty and White Fang)

31 Interactive PDF worksheets (all tasks can be printed or typed on directly).

*I’ve also added a PowerPoint version of each worksheet that can be uploaded onto Google Slides

-Worksheets that include writing prompts with pictures:

  • 8 xย Dress up the sentencesย worksheets
  • 8 xย Write a Short Storyย worksheets

-Worksheets that focus on using sensory details:

  • 1 xย Show, donโ€™t tellย worksheet
  • 2 xย Choose and apply the right sensesย worksheets
  • 1 xย Create a sense of immediacyย worksheet

-Worksheets with examples of figurative language:

  • 2 xย Metaphorsย worksheets
  • 2 xย Similesย worksheets
  • 2 xย Personificationย worksheets
  • 1 xย Hyperboleย worksheet
  • 1 xย Symbolismย worksheet

-Other worksheets for descriptive writing:

  • 1 xย Donโ€™t state the obviousย worksheet (avoiding the use of descriptive writing words that have no/little value)
  • 1 xย Dress up the paragraphย worksheet (using a thesaurus to identify more interesting and effective synonyms)
  • 1 xย Text Analysis: Descriptive Writingย worksheet (generic worksheet that can be applied to different texts)

*Answer sheets for the worksheet tasks have been included.

*Every worksheet has an interactive, digital version that can be typed on directly and a black and white, printable version.

Interactive PowerPoint Quiz:

  • The questions in this quiz are based on the content that is covered in theย Descriptive Writing Information Book. There is 1 version for students to use individually on their computers and 1 version that can be used with a classroom of students. The quiz can be uploaded and used in the same way on Google Slides (the sound effects will only work on the original PowerPoint files). The quiz has 10 questions, and instructions on how to open and use the quiz are included. An interactive scoring sheet that students can use when completing the quiz in the classroom has also been included. The scoring sheet was designed to be printed and used with the classroom version of the quiz, but has also been made interactive for digital use.

 

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English, Writing (Essay And Creative)

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PDF, PPT, Worksheets

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