Descriptive Snapshot Writing - Describing Places (Markets) Lesson 1 and 2

This resource includes two full lessons introducing strategies for approaching a descriptive writing task for AQA GCSE English Language Question 5 that encourages students to ‘snapshot’ aspects of the image and track through these snapshots to create an interesting descriptive sequence.

Teaching instructions are in the ‘notes’ section below the slides.

Any printouts are included in the slides themselves.

This lesson was awarded an ‘Outstanding’ a few years back during a half-lesson drop-in observation.

Suitable for Years 9-11 depending on ability. Orginally used with a middle ability Year 10 class. My department uses these lessons as a base lesson to begin our Year 10 writing unit: ‘Places and People.’