Sense You Asked!

Our sense of smell has a wonderful way of bringing back memories. Unlock those memories with an olfactory-inspired writing prompt that challenges writers to tell a story about a specific smell and the memories it conjures.

What does an ice cream sundae sound like? Challenge young writers to move beyond visual descriptions and craft details that appeal to all five senses. The examples provided by the script in this resource show pupils how to create rich...

Before writing a personal narrative, get organized! Scholars complete a graphic organizer detailing one memory's events, including the feelings they felt and how their five senses were affected. 

Fourth graders read "Starting a Business" and answer the question: "How could you design an ad to let the community know about the business described in the story?" Then, they illustrate a written ad that could be posted in the...

Work on descriptive, narrative, persuasive, and expository writing with 110 prompts! The writing prompts are organized by type of writing. Several are separated into collections for younger students so you can find prompts for your...

Twenty prompts, fifteen starters, and ten situations. What more could you ask for from a list of journal ideas?

Students write descriptive paragraphs using adjectives based on the use of their five senses. They use sensory impressions to improve their writing.

Feelin' buggy? Your young learners will be after this awesome inquiry-based interdisciplinary lesson. Your class will explore insects while also practicing descriptive writing as they compare and contrast the sight, smell, and touch...

Students create a poem by using their five senses. In this poetry lesson, students find an object in a forest or park and use their five senses to describe it. Students write a poem about the object.

Students investigate their sense of smell by experimenting with smelly objects.  In this human senses lesson, students examine the length of time it takes to smell a random object that is close to them.  Students record the different...