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Description Quiz
Several things are missing in each picture, can you identify the missing objects? There are two descriptions here: one for a landscape, and the other shows a classroom setting. After reading the descriptions of each (in French), your...
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Example of a Description of Action
Read the descriptive paragraph (included) with your middle schoolers, and have them study the stylistic elements included. They'll look for vivid verbs, alliteration, assonance, similes, and personification. Before writers craft their...
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Word Choice: Descriptive Verbs
In this word choice activity, students will read a 5 paragraph essay about an igloo hotel. Then students will replace 10 verbs with more descriptive verbs. Next, students will use strong verbs from a word bank to complete 14 sentences...
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Descriptions
In this describing and drawing worksheet, students finish filling in the blanks of the names that follow six short descriptions of six animals. Students draw a picture of each animal in the frames provided.
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Descriptive Writing
In this writing worksheet, students color and design an ornament and then describe their ornament on another sheet of paper. Students, after all the ornaments have been hung up on the board, attempt to match the descriptions to the...
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Descriptive Writing: Color Description Worksheet
For this language arts worksheet, students generate words that describe each of the 5 colors listed. Students write adjectives to tell what the color looks, feels, tastes, smells and sounds like.
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Clothing Descriptions
In this descriptive tabs worksheet, students practice matching 10 different pictures of ladies dressed uniquely to their correct descriptive tabs.
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Ideal Hideaway- Descriptive Writing
For this descriptive writing worksheet set, 4th graders discuss places they would like to go to get away. They fill in a pre-writing worksheet in which they describe the place they would go. They finally write a description, in paragraph...
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Personal Descriptions
Review descriptive vocabulary with this learning exercise. Beginning Spanish scholars choose which word would best complete the 32 sentences provided. Note that some of the sentences could use either option, so consider having learners...
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Transformations
The coordinate plane is a popular place! Identify rotations, reflections, and dilations on the coordinate plane. Pupils work in small groups to match transformations of a figure with the description of the transformation....
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If I Ran the Zoo
Here's a fresh take on a writing prompt. After a reading of Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo, primary graders imagine a creature for Dr. Seuss's zoo, write a description of their animal, give it a name, explain what it eats, how it...
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Writing Descriptions
In this writing descriptions worksheet, students write a description of a young boy pictured on the lines provided and then write three more descriptions of students in their class.
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Write Your Own Description
In this writing worksheet, students learn about a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks titled "Skipper" which is about her goldfish. Students draw the water, life and objects in a fish bowl shape, then describe what people would see if they looked...
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The Magic Three
In this language arts worksheet, young writers consider four action photographs, and must write three descriptive words that could be used to describe what they see. The words are then used in complete sentences. An interesting way to...
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Adopt a Schoolyard Tree
Help young scientists connect with nature and learn about trees with a fun life science lesson. Heading out into the school yard, children choose a tree to adopt, taking measurements, writing descriptions, and drawing sketches of it in...
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"The Charge of the Light Brigade": Writing Prompt and Pre-writing
Inspire your learners to experience poetry in an entirely different way with this resource. A writing prompt that goes along with "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, learners craft a reflective piece in the voice...
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Metaphors
Metaphors open doors to descriptive language for your poets. They read the poem "What is the Sun" and record all the metaphors they find. Then, scholars change one of them to a simile. After answering two more comprehension...
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Descriptive Paragraph
In this descriptive paragraph activity, learners read paragraphs, write missing adjectives, and answer multiple choice questions. Students complete 3 activities.
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Job Description Tool
Here is a simple worksheet that youngters can use to describe what they are doing for a service project. Job title, specific skills needed, time committment, and job responsibilities are all listed.
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Easter Egg Hunt - Descriptive Writing Activity
In this holiday themed writing learning exercise, students locate Easter eggs in a brightly colored picture. They write a descriptive sentence about the location of each egg. They answer 5 questions about coloring Easter eggs and their...
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Descriptions of People-- Draw a Picture
In this language arts worksheet, students learn that clear written descriptions can paint a picture in the reader's mind. Kids read 5 descriptions of people and draw a picture of each. Students then draw 5 more people and write their own...
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ESL: Matching Descriptions to People
In this ESL matching descriptions activity, students read short descriptions of people next to their pictures, then choose the correct one. A link to audio and HTML code is given.
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Spelling Words- Descriptive Words
In this spelling word worksheet, 5th graders practice reading and writing each of 12 descriptive words such as ambitious, considerate, thoughtful, and creative. They choose four of the spelling words that they would like their friends to...
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Writing Descriptive Sentences
In this writing worksheet, students write a descriptive sentence to tell about each clip art character. They write sentences to describe a teddy bear, a dragon, a basketball player, and a rubber duck.
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