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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Pictures to Inspire Your Descriptive Writing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a four-page PDF of six photos to inspire descriptive writing: Children playing on a slide in Brazil, Factory Sunset, Family Dinner, Oil Spill, Red Palace Room, and War Prayer. A list of picture credits with web links is provided...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Descriptive Writing

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a comprehensive article about what descriptive writing including what it is, why to teach it and strategies to teach it. It also features two videos Five Senses Graphic Organizer and Writing Poems as well as an annotated list of...
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Other

Indiana Univerisity of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Descriptive Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website from the Writing Center at Indiana Univerisity of Pennsylvania focuses on descriptive writing. It includes discussion and examples of the following: Creating a dominant impression or mood, using sensory details, using vivid...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing With Virginia Hamilton

For Students 4th - 8th
This workshop helps students increase their skills in descriptive writing by following tips and suggestions from writer Virginia Hamilton. After reading about Hamilton, students write their descriptive pieces and publish them online. A...
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Success Link

Success Link: Descriptive Writing Mittens

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Use this lesson plan to teach descriptive writing. A checklist is provided so students can self-monitor their writing.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This page gives students specific guidelines & tips for a descriptive writing assignment. Students can publish descriptive writing here, as well. A thorough teacher's guide to descriptive writing is also provided.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Need help with doing a descriptive paper or personal narrative? Need a writing lesson plan? Meet Virginia Hamilton and follow her step-by-step guide to writing. When done, you are eligible for a certificate signed by this author.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that use the book "Anna's Art Adventure" by Bjorn Sortland to teach students to write about art descriptively. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing With Virginia Hamilton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent site geared towards student writers interesting in learning how to journal. Follow Virginia Hamilton, an author, and learn her techniques from examples. Very comprehensive learning site.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: "The Giver" and Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Online lesson plan uses the novel "The Giver," to teach students the importance of writing descriptive memoirs. Students write these descriptions individually after seeing their significance through the reading.
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Other

Descriptive Writing Technique

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Different techniques for writing detailed descriptions of an object are found on this page.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Descriptive Writing and the 100th Day of School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for three lessons that teach descriptive writing skills by creating and writing about a "100th day bottle." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Descriptive Writing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
An eight-part learning module with links to websites, texts, videos, images, and charts to use while learning how to write descriptive texts.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Powerful Writing Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about descriptive writing by asking young scholars to create their own monster trading cards with vivid descriptions. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Cooking Up Descriptive Language Designing Restaurant Menus

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that ask middle schoolers to develop their descriptive writing skills by creating their own restaurant menus. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing Leaves and Descriptive Writing

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, learners will be introduced to different types of leaves by going on a leaf walk. They will bring back a select few to the classroom, draw and write about one of their leaves, and then share with a partner and then the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Curiosity for Descriptive Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson plan which allows kindergartners to combine their experiences and curiosity into developing beginning descriptions. Students use memories and illustrations in writing.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Third Grade Writing Lesson #1/ Descriptive Prompt

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Given a descriptive writing prompt, 3rd graders will include precise word choices and sensory language in a piece of writing about their favorite place.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Descriptive Sensory Writing

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson, 5th graders will engage in descriptive writing. Students will improve a piece of writing by using precise word choices that are full of sensory word choices.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Describing People

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize focusing on specific forms of writing, this site discusses describing people as a type of descriptive writing.
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Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Using Descriptive Detail

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explores the various types and uses of descriptions in writing. Includes in-depth information about the definition, uses, and types of descriptive detail.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Lit and Composition: Types of Writing Instruction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the four types of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive including definition and characteristics of each and an interactive activity over they types. It also provides links to more information...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Descriptive Papers: Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson discusses the organization of descriptive papers. It reviews descriptive papers, lists the three most common organizational patterns: least to greatest, greatest to least, and chronological. Determining which order...
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Harold D. Underdown

Write Descriptive Passages to Die For

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides excellent examples of descriptive writing for one needing inspiration. Site is written for those who write literature for children, but can also be applicable to other genres.

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