Planning a stormy scene
I can plan a descriptive scene about a dark, stormy night.
Planning a stormy scene
I can plan a descriptive scene about a dark, stormy night.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Descriptive and ambitious vocabulary related to the five senses can be included in the plan.
- Linguistic devices such as figurative language (similes and personification) should be planned.
- Notes are used in planning and they are not written in full sentences.
- The 'zoom-in' structure guides the descriptive writing paragraph.
Common misconception
Planning needs to be detailed and plans should be written in full sentences.
Planning should log precise and ambitious vocabulary, linguistic devices and be written in note form.
Keywords
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Figurative language - the use of simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the reader
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
incessant, torrential rain
The rain fell like a cascade of silver bullets.
The rain cried a river of tears.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
reached out in desperation.
gathered together menacingly.
sped eagerly across the sky.
boomed with authority.
torrential, splattered
blustery, howling
electrifying, blinding
ominous, tempestuous