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Description Lesson
By tinatedder

First I told them to close their eyes. I said "My dog is cute." Then they were told to visualize what my dog looked like. I got answers ranging from chihuahua to lab. Then I posted 6 pictures of dogs and said "Which one is
my dog?" They were unable to tell me for sure which one. I said "Why? I described my dog. Why can't you say which one's my dog?" They immediately pointed out that my description wasn't specific enough- all the dogs were cute. I preceeded to add details (general) to my "cute" description, with the same results. Finally I added specific details until the students were able to tell me accurately

which dog I was describing. The independent writing assignment following this lesson was amazingly more detailed than yesterday's paragraphs! And the students were begging me to let them write more. I'm student teaching. This was my best lesson yet and I think your students will love it like mine did.