English LanguageYears 10–11Paper 1 Writing

P1 Q5 — Descriptive writing

Write a descriptive piece using sensory language, figurative techniques and varied sentence forms (AO5/AO6)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're describing your favourite pizza 🍕 to a friend who's never seen it. You'd talk about the colour of the cheese, the smell of the pepperoni, and the crunch of the crust!

  2. 2

    Which of these is a sensory detail you might use to describe a pizza?

  3. 3

    Drag the words into the right box to describe this sunset 🌅 — use sight, sound, and feeling.

  4. 4

    Let's write a description of a stormy beach together. 🌊

  5. 5

    Now you try! Build a sentence describing this old house 🏚️ using at least two senses.

  6. 6

    Which sentence uses the most senses?

  7. 7

    What should you always include in descriptive writing to make it vivid?

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