Writing 2IECP

Fall 2012Nikki Mattson

Agenda

• Review descriptive writing• Descriptive writing activities

Warm up

Agenda

1) What is the main idea?

2) What adjectives do you see?

3) What kind of spatial order is used? (left to right/ top to bottom, etc.)

4) Which spatial transitions are

used?

5) Is the main idea repeated in the

conclusion?

EXAMPLEMy trip to Quebec was very memorablebecause the city seemed very European.One small street was particularly quaintand interesting. When I approached thestreet, I saw a set of narrow, stone stairswinding down to small boutiques below. Onthe right of the stairs, there were small glasstables at a café with red plastic chairs for thecustomers. This seemed very Europeansince the tables and chairs were very closetogether as they are in European restaurants.…….Overall, I will remember the feeling that I had while visiting Quebec for a long timesince I felt as though I experienced a littlepiece of Europe while visiting the city.

Entrance

1) What is the green highlighting?

2) What is the red highlighting?3) What is the blue highlighting?4) What kind of spatial order is

being used? (what is the route?)

STEPS

Remember – brainstorm, plan carefully (route), remove sentences that do not support your main idea, use a thesaurus after you have written a draft.

After using a thesaurus, check your usage in a corpus…

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/c/corpus/corpus?c=micase;page=simple

DESCRIPTIVE ACTIVITY 1

Draw 5 objects/things from your picture dictionary in the box of your paper

Write a descriptive paragraph that describes the scene/picture that you drew

Make sure to use a topic sentence, spatial transitions, descriptive adjectives, and a concluding sentence

WRITING ACTIVITY

You will have 50 minutes to complete this task.

1) Brainstorm with your partner2) Draw your picture (5 items)3) Write a descriptive paragraph (1 copy for each partner).

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH 2

Write a descriptive paragraph that describes the picture that you chose.

Make sure to use a topic sentence, spatial transitions, descriptive adjectives, and a concluding sentence.

Type your paragraph and bring it with you to class next time.

Remember – brainstorm, plan carefully (route), remove sentences that do not support your main idea, use a thesaurus after you have written a draft.

HW

Complete + type your descriptive paragraph.