Description
Students design a special key and create descriptive bullet point sentences to brainstorm information about the key.
Key Learning:
1. Brainstorm lists of multiple possibilities for a descriptive story.
2. Create descriptive sentences that paint a picture for the reader, using interesting vocabulary.
Included in this download:
-Blank template (no headings) for students to brainstorm their own ideas (great for lower ability writers, as they could draw their ideas).
-Template with headings for each brainstorm list.
-Example page for teachers to model descriptive sentences.
Follow the template to brainstorm ideas. Each section is numbered. Complete one section at a time, encouraging students to stop and think about the current section they are completing only (not to zoom ahead -if students find this hard, then the blank template with no headings might be beneficial so that they focus only on the list they are currently creating). Have students share their ideas after each section and encourage others to 'borrow' ideas from others if they like them.
After drawing their design of the key in the central oval, set some criteria for completing each section so that students think of multiple ideas, rather than getting fixated on just one or two ideas.
For example:
Low ability writers: include 3 ideas minimum (and/or draw their ideas)
Able writers: include 5 ideas minimum
Extension writers: include 8 ideas minimum
*adapt these numbers to suit your class/students.
-See Teacher Example sheet to understand the layout and work required.
Once all the brainstorming is completed. Students underline their favourite ideas in each section.
Extension:
Using their underlined ideas, write a descriptive adventure story based on the key that has been found.
*Adaptable for ages, abilities, themes, seasons/holidays and topics.
Some examples:
Halloween: scary/mystery descriptive writing.
Christmas: Christmas ideas for descriptive Christmas story (Santa found an ice key hidden under a freshly made snowman in the North Pole) -all other ideas are also Christmas themed.
*NOTE: The Teacher Example page has been blurred with a watermark to protect my hours of work that has gone into making it. The actual download is clear, a good size and has no watermark.
Thank you for supporting me.
Highlights
Description
Students design a special key and create descriptive bullet point sentences to brainstorm information about the key.
Key Learning:
1. Brainstorm lists of multiple possibilities for a descriptive story.
2. Create descriptive sentences that paint a picture for the reader, using interesting vocabulary.
Included in this download:
-Blank template (no headings) for students to brainstorm their own ideas (great for lower ability writers, as they could draw their ideas).
-Template with headings for each brainstorm list.
-Example page for teachers to model descriptive sentences.
Follow the template to brainstorm ideas. Each section is numbered. Complete one section at a time, encouraging students to stop and think about the current section they are completing only (not to zoom ahead -if students find this hard, then the blank template with no headings might be beneficial so that they focus only on the list they are currently creating). Have students share their ideas after each section and encourage others to 'borrow' ideas from others if they like them.
After drawing their design of the key in the central oval, set some criteria for completing each section so that students think of multiple ideas, rather than getting fixated on just one or two ideas.
For example:
Low ability writers: include 3 ideas minimum (and/or draw their ideas)
Able writers: include 5 ideas minimum
Extension writers: include 8 ideas minimum
*adapt these numbers to suit your class/students.
-See Teacher Example sheet to understand the layout and work required.
Once all the brainstorming is completed. Students underline their favourite ideas in each section.
Extension:
Using their underlined ideas, write a descriptive adventure story based on the key that has been found.
*Adaptable for ages, abilities, themes, seasons/holidays and topics.
Some examples:
Halloween: scary/mystery descriptive writing.
Christmas: Christmas ideas for descriptive Christmas story (Santa found an ice key hidden under a freshly made snowman in the North Pole) -all other ideas are also Christmas themed.
*NOTE: The Teacher Example page has been blurred with a watermark to protect my hours of work that has gone into making it. The actual download is clear, a good size and has no watermark.
Thank you for supporting me.
