Using feedback to improve dystopian descriptions
I can use feedback to improve specific aspects of my descriptive writing.
Using feedback to improve dystopian descriptions
I can use feedback to improve specific aspects of my descriptive writing.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Sentence level accuracy includes spelling, punctuation, sentence structures, syntax and fluency
- Re-writing a section of your descriptive writing is important as it shows a good understanding of the feedback
- It is important to understand where a mistake is, so that it can be avoided in the next piece of descriptive writing
Common misconception
That the first draft is the final draft.
The best writing is achieved through a cycle of initial creation, feedback and re-drafting.
Keywords
Grammar - Grammar refers to the rules about how words change and combine to make accurate sentences.
Tense - A verb’s tense will tell you whether the action happened in the past, present or future.
Foreboding - A feeling of something bad about to happen can be described as a feeling of foreboding.
Homophones - If two words are pronounced the same way but spelled differently they can be described as homophones (e.g. here and hear).
Desolate - If a place is uninhabited and gives an impression of bleak emptiness, it can be described as desolate.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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