Creative Writing: Ballet Dancer Word Mat

Support your students with this word mat tailored specifically for describing a ballet dancer. The resource includes ideas for figurative descriptions, an extensive vocabulary list, and ideas for creating sensory descriptions. The mat will support students in enhancing their descriptions by including rich, varied language to create immersive and atmospheric descriptions and experiment with figurative language to add depth and complexity to their writing.
There is an exemplar short text demonstrating to students how to use structure to help mimic the rhythm and speed of a dancer’s movement.
There is a short video to highlighting how students should consider crafting their writing to capture the dynamism and movement of a ballet dancer.
There is also a short 5 slide power point that has 2 AI generated images on each slide to use as writing prompts in a lesson.