Descriptive Writing

This week we have been working on using descriptive sentences. We expanded dull sentences by using descriptive words.  Here are some examples we looked at as a class.

Here's our success criteria:

• Each sentence begins with a capital letter.
• Each sentence ends with the correct punctuation (. ? or !).
• Each sentence has at least three descriptive words.

Look at how some students made their sentences grow!

Starting Sentence:
The dog was in the yard.

Improved Sentences:
Jayden: The humungous, furry dog was lying on the cuddly, bright, soft grass.

Ethan: The rough, playful dog was in the sunny yard.

Joanna: The friendly and playful, tiny puppy was in the quiet and totally silent yard while playing with dirty shoes.

Nate: The big, fat, stinky dog was in the yard.

Rose: The brown, smooth dog was in the grassy yard.  

Leigh: The soft, black dog is in the muddy, grassy yard.  

Michael: A dirty, fast dog was in the muddy, sloping yard. 

Starting Sentence:
The ball was rolling.

Improved Sentences:
Emma: The round, rainbow beach ball was rolling on the crashing waves. 

Tara: The slippery, bright, rainbow ball was rolling down the hill.

Zachary: The tiny, blue, soft ball was rolling down the steep hill.

Noah: The red ball fell down the hill and rolled fast.

Riccardo: The big, red ball was rolling quickly down the hill.

Mia: There was a bright, blue ball rolling down a steep, muddy, wet hill.