The emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader.

Where you look at or consider a piece of writing again to correct or improve it.

To form a picture of someone or something in your mind.

To bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind.

Drafting a piece of descriptive writing on 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

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In 'Step into the Unknown', pupils learn how to use a variety of sentences for deliberate effect. In the 'Dystopian Settings' unit, pupils will continue to use a range of sentence structures, to create atmospheric descriptions.

In 'When the Sky Falls' pupils write narratives inspired by a text. In 'Step Into the Unknown', using extracts from texts from the literary canon, pupils write descriptions of settings.

Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing

a set of steps to complete a piece of writing

when you go through your work and correct any mistakes

writing down the first version of a piece of writing

looking back over a piece of work and making improvements

creating a plan to complete a piece of writing

the process of making technical corrections 

the process of writing down your ideas for the first time

It's important to vary your sentence starters because they can influence the emphasis, cohesion, and {{ }} of a sentence.

Create a mind-map that highlights the details

Use lingustic devices and vocabulary choices to influence the mood

Starting with the first, place the steps to approaching a description of an image in order.

To be able to hear the sounds from the scene in your mind.

the person, place or thing that is doin the action

the person, place or thing that is doing the action

The emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader is called the {{ }} of a text.

Writing that is designed to be written in a detail and interesting way so that the reader can visualise the scene is called {{ }} writing.

The trees had green leaves, brown trunks, and brown branches.

The trees had luscious, verdant leaves and brown trunks.

The trees had luscious, verdant leaves that rustled in the wind.

Starting with the least effective, place these descriptive sentences in order of effectiveness.

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