P1 Q5 — Descriptive writing
Write a descriptive piece using sensory language, figurative techniques and varied sentence forms (AO5/AO6)
What you'll learn
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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!
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Which of these is a sensory detail you might use to describe a pizza?
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Drag the words into the right box to describe this sunset 🌅 — use sight, sound, and feeling.
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Let's write a description of a stormy beach together. 🌊
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Now you try! Build a sentence describing this old house 🏚️ using at least two senses.
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Which sentence uses the most senses?
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What should you always include in descriptive writing to make it vivid?
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