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Ted: Ted Ed: How to Write Descriptively Unit PlanTed: Ted Ed: How to Write Descriptively Unit Plan
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TED Talks
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Grade
9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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990L
Unit Plan

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Write Descriptively

Curated by ACT

The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story. But how do writers suck readers into stories in this way? Nalo Hopkinson shares some tips for how to use language to make your fiction really come alive. [4:42]

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

story writing, descriptive writing

Additional Tags

descriptive narrative, fiction writing, writer, ted ed: how to write descriptively

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

W.7.3.b W.6.3.b W.8.3.b W.5.3.b W.11-12.3.b W.9-10.3.b RL.7.9 W.8.3.d W.7.3.d W.11-12.3.d RL.5.6 RL.8.7

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