Descriptive Writing
Use these ideas to help you brainstorm topics for your writing.
1. Go outside and describe the weather. | |
2. Describe your bedroom. | |
3. Describe a trip to the beach. | |
4. Describe an early morning in your backyard or in your neighborhood. | |
5. Describe a favorite holiday celebration. | |
6. Think of something that you would like to invent. Describe how it looks and what it can do. | |
| 7. Describe something you did on a vacation. | |
8. Compare your two favorite desserts. | |
9. Compare the summer and winter weather where you live. | |
10. If you could create your perfect sibling, how would you describe him or her? | |
| Writing Traits for Descriptive Writing | |
| Ideas | Did I focus on one topic? |
| Organization | Did I create a five-senses chart, an idea web, or notes to help organize my thoughts? Did I establish time order or space order for the description? |
| Voice | Did I express how I feel about the subject I’m describing? |
| Sentence Fluency | Did I use a variety of sentences? Did I use natural transitions between sentences? |
| Word Choice | Did I use literary techniques, such as figures of speech, sensory language, similes, and metaphors? |
| Conventions | Did I check for mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization? |
| Presentation | Did I include a drawing or a photo and an attractive title treatment? |