Descriptive Writing
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a descriptive paragraph in the context of New Year's Eve
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of descriptive adjectives in the context of New Year's Eve
Procedure (34-41 minutes)
Show a picture of a New Year's Eve on the smartboard. Ask the class: What season is that? What holiday is it? What are you feeling when looking at this picture?
Explain what discriptive writing is. Discuss: What makes descriptive writing interesting to you? Which sense do you think is most important to describe when writing? What is the advantage of descriptions that appeal to multiple senses? When is descriptive writing important?
1. Show the class the pictures in the slide. Ask the students to describe the things that they sense. 2. Let the students brainstorm things that they smell, taste, see, feel or hear. Give them time to fill in the chart in their workbooks.
Give the students time to prepare a written description of their experiences on a New Year's Eve. Tell them not to forget using descriptive adjectives in the slide. Give the definitions or clarifications of the unknown vocabulary. Do the language clarification, focus on meaning, form and pronunciation. Point out the topic sentence.
Ask the students to share their topic sentences. Assist them with the error correction if necessary.