Descriptive Writing

One of the styles of writing we will be focusing on in the next month will be descriptive writing, in both paragraph form and poetry.  Descriptive writing uses the five senses, vivid action words and imagery (similes, metaphors, and personification, for example) to create clear pictures in the reader's head.  We will be developing these skills in stages, but a quick overview that explains what this might look like in paragraph form can be found here: http://husky67.pbworks.com/Descriptive-paragraphs.  Examples of the different styles of poetry can be found here: http://husky67.pbworks.com/Poetry.  It will be a good idea to keep checking in, as we will be adding to these pages as we work together in the next month.  At home, students can look for examples of descriptive writing in the material they read for pleasure, and point them out to parents.  They can also practice their writing skills by describing the world around them.  As an example, we are starting our work by describing a favourite room in the house.