EnglishYears 7–8Writing

Descriptive writing

Create vivid descriptions using sensory detail, figurative language and varied sentence structures

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you are eating a juicy, red apple. 🍎 Describe it to a friend who can't see it — what does it look like, feel like, taste like?

  2. 2

    Which of these describes the apple's TASTE?

  3. 3

    Tap the words that describe a spooky, old house. 🏚️

  4. 4

    Let's describe a stormy sea together. 🌊

  5. 5

    Which sentence describes the stormy sea BEST?

  6. 6

    Build a sentence that describes an old, dusty library. 📚

  7. 7

    What does descriptive writing do?

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