Venus Flytrap Descriptive Writing

GENRE: Short Piece of Descriptive Writing

CONTEXT: Linked to learning about the rainforest.

Using A David Attenborough short clip as a stimulus the children write a short descriptive peice through the eyes of the venus flytrap.

Not only does this peice elicit some really good descriptive phrases and higher level vocabulary but it is amazing for getting the children to master the impact of variation in sentence length. It also gives an opportunity to use a range of punctuation independently.

I have used some of the lessons before in observation and always received excellent feedback.

Children love the clip and ask to watch it over and over again.