DESCRIPTIVE
WRITING
JINAL SOLANKI
SHOW NOT TELL USING YOUR 5
SENSES
Tell - It was a hot day
See- The sun shining, Red and sweaty faces
Hear- Splashing at the pool
Smell- Sweaty kids
Taste- Yummy ice-cream
Touch/ feel- The warmth of the sun
Describe a
LET'S LOOK busy port
AT A
QUESTION.
or a
harbour
IMPROVING SENTENCE OPENINGS
• Informative interrupters: The child, face covered
with chocolate, asked his mother for milk
• Use an ‘ing’ clause: Having found a hotel, we looked
for somewhere to have dinner
• Use a ‘simile’: Like a surgeon before operation, he
washed his hands thoroughly
• Use a prepositional phrase: A prepositional phrase
may help to indicate where something is, in relation
to something else
At the end of the lane, stood an old house.
• Use an Adverb: Angrily, she threw her bag on the
floor and stormed upstairs to her room.
• Use a connective: Since it is raining outside, we’ll
stay in and watch a film
• Use an ‘ed’ clause: Painted in pink, the house was
hard to miss.
STEP 1
• Choose a topic
• Describe a
busy port or a
harbour.
STEP 2- BRAINSTORM IDEAS
Sun clouds
food
Birds families
Splashing boats
jetty
waves
Shouting
STEP 3- ORGANIZE IDEAS
SUCCESS CRITERIA
• Write for the correct purpose
• Use a range of descriptive techniques
• Clear structure for effect- ideas and
description should progress
• Interesting vocabulary
• Appropriate tense
• Links between paragraphs
END
IDEA DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST
• My written ideas are all related to each other
• I stayed on the topic throughout the entire
writing
• My ideas are clear to my reader
• Details and examples enrich the central idea
• I use figurative language to enhance my writing
A SS E SS M E N T T O P I C
DESCRIBE THE INSIDE OF
A N I N T E R E S T I N G S H O P.
SAMPLE QUESTION- DESCRIPTIVE
WRITING
Write about 350 to 450 words on one of the following
questions.
Up to 13 marks are available for the content and
structure of your answer, and up to 12 marks for the
style and accuracy of your writing.
(a)Describe a familiar place at an unusual time or from
a different point of view.
(b) Describe what you see, hear and feel when you
look up into the sky as day changes into night.