Descriptive Writing Unit about Food: Focus on Sensory Details
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Description
In this mini-writing unit, “Gather Together,” students will review and practice using sensory details within a narrative writing piece. Through a hands-on sensory detail game (where students become “secret tasters” at a restaurant), teacher modeling, and peer discussions, students will explore a memory they have that is tied to a favorite recipe. Using this memory of a special recipe, students will write and publish a descriptive personal anecdote, similar to what one might find on a professional food blog! Students will love becoming “taste testers” and drawing upon memories of their favorite foods!
This unit includes:
- A one week guide for teachers: Contains step by step instructions for conducting the unit
- Student Handouts: Sensory detail observation table, discussion questions, recipe card, a section for brainstorming and rough drafts, sample anecdote, & sample sensory detail revisions
- Sample final copy of published anecdote
- Rubric included for easy grading
Additional resources you might be interested in:
Two Week Food-Based Writing Unit: Focus on Sensory Detail & Critical Analysis
Poetry Unit for Inspiring and Empowering Young Authors
Picture Book Evaluation Project
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Mrs. J
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