Objective –

To use descriptive language to make

our writing alive and interesting.
What sort of descriptive detail would help
a reader imagine a scene?

Descriptive detail

Five senses Active verbs

Write down as many interesting words as
you can think of to describe the next slide.
Your descriptive words.
When you are writing descriptions of things, it is
often effective to use the third person – in other
words, do not write yourself into the description.
Do not use the word ‘I’.

Task – Write two sentences to describe the

next scene.
Appeal to the five senses.

What would it feel like to be flying through

the air like a bird?

Start your description with the words

‘In the air…’
Choose one of the things below to write a
description of. Do not name it – we want to
guess what you have described!

Underwater
Cave
Jungle
Motorway