Tuesday, 1 November 2022

EF12 Class 36- descriptive writing

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:45.

 

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Today’s Agenda

·      Collect books Facts and Figures

·      Begin descriptive writing

·      HW   Write a paragraph describing a person’s face. You choose

the person.

 

Wednesday

·      Collect books Facts and Figures

·      Continue descriptive writing

·      Speaking listening work

·      “The Ainu of Japan”, photocopied

 

Thursday

·      Test#2- descriptive paragraph

·      Review

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

 

Friday- LAST DAY

·      Return Test#2

·      Non-instructional day

·      Return the text book Facts and Figures

·      Finals marks- Your final mark will be based on the quizzes, the tests, and a spoken mark. I will drop your one lowest mark. This will help bring your mark up a bit.

 

 

 

 

Descriptive writing – describe something

describe(verb)

description(noun)

descriptive(adjective)

 

paragraph – describing something

 

-picture, photograph – person, scenery, animal, landscape, tree, etc

 

appeal to the five senses- means of connection between our brains and the world

five senses –

1.sense of sight – seeing with our eyes

2.sense of touch – nerves in our skin – pressure and heat

3.sense of taste – tongue (organ of taste) – sweet, sour, salt, bitter, umami (Japanese- meaty taste)

4.sense of smell- olfactory smell- nose- very evocative (easy to remember) of memory

5.sense of hearing – ears, eardrums, three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup)

 

the 6th sense – ESP, extra-sensory perception- communicate through your minds- connection between twins (magic)

 

physical disabilities with our senses, barrier:

*can’t see – blind, partially blind, visually impaired- seeing-eye dog,

read braille

*can’t hear- deaf, partially deaf, hearing impaired – hearing aid,

read lips, sign language

*can’t talk – dumb, mute (old-fashioned word, not used anymore), non-verbal

“Sarah’s son is non-verbal. He is autistic.”

 

Focus on our sense of sight- adjectives – descriptive words

 

-opinion- beautiful, ugly, nice, pretty, handsome, gorgeous, adorable, cute, attractive, etc.

 

-colour- blue, dark blue, navy blue, sky blue, robin’s egg blue, light green, forest green, seafoam green, lime green, neon green, hunters’ orange, fire engine red, burgandy, maroon, dark brown, chocolate brown, light brown, black, green

 

-shape- triangular, round, square, pear-shaped, fat, skinny, full-figured, slim, rectangular,  five-sided, six-sided, eight-sided (stop sign)

 

-size – small, big, giant, huge, tiny, miniscule, skinny, immense, gigantic

 

-material- wood, wooden, metal, metallic, leather, plastic, cotton, nylon, silk, wool, down (small feathers of a goose), Gore-Tex, fleece, velvet, lace, denim (jeans)

 

You need vocabulary to write good descriptions. You can use your dictionary or thesaurus to find vocab.

 

Thesaurus- useful tool for building and discoverng new vocabulary

- gives synonyms for words

-antonym – word with opposite meaning

 

WEBSITE:    thesaurus.com

 

You can use a thesaurus when you writing descriptive paragraphs in this class.

 

 

 

Structure of descriptive paragraph. Same as narrative paragraph

 

Topic sentence – introductory sentence

Supporting sentences (5-6)- describe the topic

Concluding sentence

 

e.g.

Describe your grandmother’s/mother’s/son’s face.

 

1.    Make notes, get some vocab

 

my grandmother’s face

 

-hair- dyed light blue, short, permed tightly-curled

 

-eyes- big blue eyes, plucked eyebrows, arched, short eyelashes, wrinkles, laugh lines, crows’ feet

 

-nose- medium-sized, flat

 

-cheeks- dimples, rosy, pale, tanned, rough, chubby, sunken, high cheekbones

 

-mouth-full lips, thin lips, pouty lips, teeth- white, yellow, dentures, gold teeth, silver teeth, braces (teenager-metal mouth)

 

-chin- cleft chin, round, pointy, square jaw, strong chin, weak chin, double chin

 

 

 

For homework, write a short paragraph describing your grandmother’s face. You can choose another person if you wish: child, spouse, parent, relative, friend, yourself.

Choose one person.

Email it to me tonight. We’ll share them tomorrow.

 

80-100 words

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

 

Use your vocabulary. Use a thesaurus. thesaurus.com

 

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