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descriptive writing
By Jenn

I got this idea from a colleague. Have the students write a description of their shoe. When I did this I brainstormed a brief list of things they may want to include in their description. I then allowed the students to
write their descriptive paragraphs. After they were done they needed to draw a picture of their shoe. They needed to write another description of their shoe after drawing the picture. I then asked them to write a couple of sentences about the differences between both descriptions. It was suprising to them that they gave more info after drawing the picture. As an extension each student

took a shoe off and put it on the carpet and I read their descriptions. If someone correctly guessed which shoe, then they knew they wrote a great description. Hope this helps!!!