EF34 descriptive writing

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

Monday is a holiday: Thanksgiving, October 11

 

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Quiz#4- adverb clauses (25m)

·      VSB Adult Education survey

·      Begin with descriptive writing

 

 

Wednesday

·      Begin noun clauses.

·      Continue descriptive writing- finish a para for homework

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Thursday

·      Review simple and compound sentences

Practice

·      Descriptive writing- students read their paras out loud

·      Small group chatting (4-5 people)-

Describe the place where you grew up.

 

 

Friday

·      Review Quiz#3

·      Continue noun clauses

·      Test#3 Tuesday- descriptive para

 

 

Tuesday

·      Test- descriptive writng

 

 

 

 

Vancouver School Board Adult Education survey

Focus of VSB is K-12

Adult Ed is a lower priority.

in 1993, we had seven schools around Vancouver. Now we have two.

 

http://survey.alchemer-ca.com/s3/50120541/VSBEdPlan2026-SecondaryAdultEd

 

You may have to copy the link (CTRL+C)

Paste it into you web browser (CTRL+V)

 

Fill out the survey for homework. Email me when you finish.

 

 

Differetn kinds of writing

-narrative writing – tell a story

-descriptive writing – describe, looks , taste, smell, feel

-process -teach

-persuasive – opinion

 

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Descriptive Writing

describe(v)  descriptive (adj) description (n)

 

Appeal to the five senses: means of contact with the world

1. touch

2. smell

3. taste

4. sight

5. hearing

 

can’t see- blind

can’t hear – deaf

can’t taste and smell – Covid

can’t feel

 

Vocabulary

1.    touch – smooth, rough, soft, hard, confortable, warm, cold, thick, thin, silky, like a baby’s bottom, abrasive

 

2. smell- onion, stinky, sweet, fresh, spicy, salty, earthy, bready, new-car smell, smoky, skunky, alcohol, hospital smell, disinfectant, swimming pool, BO- body odour

3. taste- salty, sweet, spicy, bitter, sour, fruity, fishy, hot

cooking meat – well done, medium, medium-rare, rare, blue

 

vegetarian

vegan – no animal products at all

 

4. sight – colour, shape, size

colour – blue- light blue, navy blue,sky blue, blueish green, robin’s egg blue, turqoise, pale blue

green- seagreen, lime green, drak green, forest green, grass green

brown- light, dark, chocolate, milk chocolate

 

5. hearing – noisy, loud, quiet, whisper, shout, sad, lively, haunting

 

 

HOMEWORK

Describe your grandmother’s/mother’s face.

-hair- braids, grey, red, white, silver, straight, curly, thick, soft, long, fluffy

-eyes- colour?, size, shape- round, slim, almond, eyebrows?, wrinkles, laugh lines, crows feet

cheeks – pale, rosy, tanned, rough, like porcelain, smooth, colour

nose- eagle, trumpet, small, big, straight, crooked, wide, narrow

mouth- lips, teeth, dentures, bud

chin-

 

 

          I remember my grandmother’s face. Her hair was ...

(100-150 words)

 

** Don’t write about how nice she was or what she did. Just write about how she looked, her face. Focus on that.

Email it to me if you want. I’ll take a look at it.

Tomorrow, we will read some out loud.

 

 

On Tuesday, I will ask you to write a descriptive paragraph about a picture. Test#2