WARM-UP WARM-UP SEPTEMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 9,

20112011• Respond to the following

question in your composition notebook:

•What makes a story come alive?

POPCORN POPCORN NARRATIVENARRATIVE

WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WRITING?WRITING?

The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a  person, place or thing in such away that a picture is formed in the reader's mind.  It does not tell the reader that the flower is beautiful, it shows them the flower is beautiful.  The reader feels like he/she is a part of the writer's experience of the subject.

Descriptive writing is used in all types of writing (Expository, Narrative, and Persuasive) to create a vivid and lasting impression of the person, place or thing.

WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE WRITING?WRITING?

Descriptive writing uses the following: Sensory Details: Sensory Details:

details that appeal to one or more of the five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch

Elaboration:Elaboration: the process of adding further detail to plain declarative statements

FIRST, DESCRIBE FIRST, DESCRIBE YOUR POPCORNYOUR POPCORN

Step 1: Step 1: As you hear, smell, see, touch and taste your popcorn, answer all the questions on the your popcorn brainstorm worksheet.

Step 2: Step 2: Write your first draft. Write a paragraph in which you try to convey specific impressions of the popcorn.

SENSORY SENSORY DETAILSDETAILS

Step 3: Step 3: Read your draft. Have you used vivid descriptions? Does your writing include ALL five senses?

Step 4: Step 4: Make a graphic organizer and show the details you have included in your writing.

SENSE DETAILS

Sight

Hearing

Touch

Taste

Smell

SENSORY SENSORY DETAILSDETAILS

Step 5: Step 5: Evaluate your sensory details. Ask yourself the following:Did I choose appropriate sensory details?Did I include a variety of different kinds of details?How effective are the details I have chosen in

making my writing come alive?

Step 6: Step 6: Write a second draft. Elaborate your writing with more vivid sensory details. Remember that more specific details make more powerful writing.