Descriptive Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test

By Mary Rose

Product Description:

Many state assessments ask students to write essays in which they describe physical characteristics, mood, thoughts, emotions, scenes, and action. This lesson is designed to help students learn to describe beyond the usual visual descriptions.

Includes 3 reproducibles:
• writing to a descriptive prompt exercise
• a sample descriptive essay that includes directions for editing
• a descriptive prompt and writing activity

PLUS a "Prompt Bank" page with 16 prompts that are perfect for descriptive writing!

Teaching Tip:

Using sentence fragments While we want our students to write in complete sentences, it is acceptable for them to include sentence fragments, especially if they are used purposefully and to make a point. A good example of this is in Gil’s story when he wrote, “Embarrassing? You bet!” This is often a sign of a mature writer and can be a very effective writing element!

Grades 3 & Up

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ePage (1.7 MB) 6
$3.00
Descriptive Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test
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Beginning Narratives: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 4
$3.00
Beginning Expository and Descriptive Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 6
$3.00
How to End an Essay or Story: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 6
$3.00
Narrative Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 6
$1.50
Enhancing Narrative Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 3
$1.50
Expository Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 7
$3.00
Enhancing Expository Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 5
$3.00
Enhancing Descriptive Essays: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 5
$3.00
Develop a Vivid Vocabulary: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 3
$1.50
Degrees of Adjectives: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 2
$1.50
Figurative Language - SHAMPOPI: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 4
$1.50
Similes: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 3
$1.50
Strong Verbs: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 5
$3.00
Describing Details: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 5
$3.00
R.E.A.D.: Writing to Prompts for Success on the Test 5
$3.00


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