EF 3/4 June 18

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See you at 11.

morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. Go over descriptive writing from yesterday

2. Sentence combining from homework “At the Beach”.

3. Descriptive writing – paragraph

Tomorrow – narrative writing

Descriptive writing - Describing a picture

 we need descriptive language – adjectives

colour , shape, size

Describe what we see.

Don’t tell a story. Don’t explain about where Adams Lake is.

Just describe what you see.

Paragraph –

Topic sentence

4-5 supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

Brainstorm some ideas:

1. trees in front, in the foreground, bottom of the picture

tall, green, evergreen, pine, spruce, thick, bushy, many trees

On the bottom of the picture are many tall green trees. They are bushy and look like pine trees.

  

2. lake and water

blue, still, look cold, like a mirror, reflecting the clouds

3. hills and grass, in the middle of the picture 

low hills, smooth, covered in grass,  green and brown, tan

4. sky

light blue, cloudy, sunny, kind of clear, fluffy clouds

Topic sentence:

The photograph of Adams Lake is very beautiful. 

1. trees

2. lake

3. hills

4. sky

Process for writing a descriptive paragraph-

1. Look at the picture.

2. Brainstorm descriptive vocabulary.

3. Write a short paragraph describing what you see.

4. Make sure that all of your writing is simple, compound and complex sentences.

We are going to try this again today. I will give you a picture to describe and email to me today.

balloon – hot air balloon, brightly-coloured, round, floating in the sky, red, pale blue, yellow, green, nine balloons

Write a descriptive paragraph about the picture on the screen.

(150 w)

Be sure that your writing is in sentences.

Email that to me as an attachment by 12:15.