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\n\"Snapshot\" Exercises & Sensory Detail Word Bank\n

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\nRead a sample of creative descriptive writing to your science class. Discuss how writing can be used to record and communicate observations that scientists make. Reading selections and thought-provoking questions are suggested. Also...\n
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\nLesson Plan: Sensory Exploration\n

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\nUsing their keen eyes and ears, learners build story observation skills which they will use to create sensory detail in their art. They note all of the things they observed on a walk, categorize them by sense, and then use the same skill...\n
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\nPoetry Writing Unit: Writing a Film Poem\n

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\nFilm poems? To concluded a poetry unit, writers select one of their own poems and create a film that brings to life the sounds and images of their work. Included with the detailed unit plan are daily lessons, student examples, a list of...\n
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\nLet's Go Exploring!\n

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\nUse a Courbet painting of a cave or tunnel opening to reinforce the importance of descriptive writing. Writers of all ages use sensory details to describe what the scene depicts as they pretend to be in the painting. Then they imagine...\n
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\nSetting Worksheet\n

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\nSet your class up for success with writing descriptive settings with these two graphic organizers. On the first page, writers note specifc details about their chosen setting and comment on how each character views the setting. The second...\n
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\nLogs, Charts, and Journals: What's On Your Plate?\n

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\nHave your writers identify and use words that appeal to the senses. They create a chart of sensory words and record some of their favorites, then write a journal entry in which they describe eating at a restaurant using sensory details....\n
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\nStress Reduction: Visual Imagery\n

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\nStudents use visual imagery in dealing with a stressful situation. They practice the visual imagery in class and at home. They record their reflections in a journal.\n
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\nCharlie and the Chocolate Factory\n

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\nYou can't read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory without craving the rich treats described in Dahl's vivid prose. Young writers try their hands at sensory language with a lesson plan that prompts them to write about...\n
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\nLanguage Arts: Telling a Painting's Story\n

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\nUse art museum paintings as inspiration for your class's creative writing works. Observing the paintings closely, middle and high schoolers list details and write descriptions. Their completed stories are displayed on bulletin boards...\n
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\nLesson Plan: The Tour Starts at Noon\n

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\nThe Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva is a piece that represents characteristics, meanings, and ideals common to those who practice Buddhism in Japan. Learners fully analyze this piece, then take a virtual trip to examine the Buddhist...\n
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\nThe Sound of…Poetry!\n

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\nScritch, scratch, scritch. It's the sound of pupils writing poetry! Focus on sensory language and onomatopoeia with a writing lesson. After listening to some sounds, learners examine a couple of poems that include sound words and then...\n
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\nThe War of the Words: Grammar and Parts of Speech\n

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\nHere's a lesson that adds some zip to a study of parts of speech. Class members read two versions of the same article, one loaded with evocative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, while the other is missing this sensory language....\n
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\nSetting the Tone with Figurative Language\n

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\nExplore figurative language with your secondary class. Extending a language arts unit, the lesson prompts middle schoolers to examine how an author's word choice establishes a story's tone, possibly using metaphors, similes,...\n
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\nCatching the Sun: Tales from Asia\n

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\nExplore the folklore of Asia and the South Pacific with this language arts lesson plan series. Complementing a reading of Catching the Sun: Tales from Asia by Jan M. Mike, this resource supports learners with understanding cause and...\n
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\nWriting Organizers\n

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\nEight graphic organizers to choose from? That's right! Each of these organizers relates to writing or reading. From narrowing a writing topic, to responding to literature, to planning a writing project, you'll find many purposes for...\n
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\nFrom Light to Dark and Back\n

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\nExperiment with light and dark in a series of interactive activities that lead up to reading and writing poetry. Class members have the opportunity to observe their feelings while sitting in the light and dark and to play with shadow...\n
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\nA Sensory Walk\n

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\nStudents define and give examples of five senses, compiling a list of sensory words to be used in a written descriptive paragraph.\n
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\nMonster Senses\n

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\nSecond graders listen to a story that contains many sensory words to describe an object. They listen a second time using a signal to indicate when they hear a sensory word. They write a short story about a monster using appropriate...\n
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\nWriting to Show, Not Tell: Dialogue, Sensory Words, and Strong Action Verbs\n

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\nConsume, gobble, devour ... serving up strong verbs! Writers focus on using dialogue, strong action verbs, and sensory details in their writing. After analyzing a model narrative, they apply their learning to their own hero's journey...\n
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\nPrintable Story Starter: Treasure in the Daisies\n

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\nClass members can practice using sensory details and imagery with this writing prompt, which provides a vivid introduction about a girl who discovers a treasure box in her mother's garden. The middle, ending, and title of the story are...\n
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\nPicture This\n

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\nElementary writers practice writing descriptive paragraphs by adding adjectives and sensory words to their writing. They use a picture of a monster for their descriptive paragraph. This 12-page lesson plan should increase your charges...\n
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\nThe Old Man and the Sea: Guided Imagery\n

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\nWhat do you imagine when you think of the sea? Put on some ocean sounds, close your eyes, and listen to a guided meditation based on the imagery from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. After class members listen to...\n
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\nSeeing the Image in Imagery: A Lesson Plan Using Film\n

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\nIn our increasingly visual society, it is often difficult for some readers to create a mental picture of a picture created only with words. An image-rich text like F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby can therefore, present a real...\n
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\nLesson Plan: Before and After a Moment in Time\n

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\nThink about a moment, frozen in time. Now take a critical look at the painting, Better, Homes, Better Gardens. This painting works to provide learners the opportunity to analyze art, critique artist's choices, and write a story inspired...\n
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