EF34 15 class- descriptive writing

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      descriptive writing- picture for homework

·      Begin COMPLEX SENTENCES- adverb clauses

 

Tuesday

·      Read descriptive paragraphs aloud

·      Continue- adverb clauses

·      Prepare for Test#2- descriptive paragraph

 

Wednesday

·      Test#2 – descriptive paragraph

·      Continue adverb clauses

 

Thursday

·      Begin process writing

 

 

Descriptive writing

paragraph – describing something

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

 

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

five senses –

1.sight – seeing with our eyes

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

3.taste – tongue (organ of taste) – sweet, sour, salt, bitter, umami

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

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

 

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

 

can’t see – blind, partially blind, visually impaired

can’t hear- deaf, partially deaf, hearing impaired – hearing aid, read lips, sign language

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

 

sight- adjectives – descriptive words

-opinion- beautiful, ugly, nice, pretty, handsome, gorgeous, adorable, cute

-colour- 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

thesaurus.com

-antonym – word with opposite meaning

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

 

Structure of descriptive paragraph.

Topic sentence – intro sentence

Supporting sentences (5-6)

Concluding sentence

 

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

 

Make notes, get some vocab

 

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

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

nose- medium, flat

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

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

chin- like a baby’s ass, cleft chin, round, pointy, square jaw, weak chin

 

For homework, write a short paragraph describing your grandmother’s face. You can choose another person if you wish.