Write a detailed description of a place in deterioration.

Write a detailed description of a place in deterioration.
This resource will guide a piece of descriptive writing.
It includes:
A checklist of top tips for creative writing. The tips don’t just say what to use but include many examples of how to use them. These include, structure, use of detail, personification, similes, precise vocabulary, glimpses of imagining the past, effect on narrator and many more.
An example of a piece of descriptive writing is included.
The students can either continue with the example or write their own description from the start.
Writing task:
Imagine you visit a place that has been derelict for many years. Describe it in an interesting way.
Suggestions for preparation of this resource.
Show you students pictures of derelict places. For example:
a) Factory
b) Fairground
c) Railway station
d) Theatre
e) Mansion
f) Hotel
g) Swimming lido
h) Lighthouse

Checklist of top tips for descriptive creative writing:

1. Use first person narrative.
2. Organise the structure so that as you move from one part to another the description becomes automatically chronologically structured.
3. Select aspects to focus in on.
4. Write in detail so that the reader can imagine it clearly.
5. Introduce the weather to help create mood.
6. Choose certain objects to personify to add interest. Eg: ‘The main gate was lying on the ground, still attached to the post by one stubborn rusty hinge.’
7. Make the description convincing by showing how you moved about as you observed. Eg: ‘…and I crouched down to take a closer look.’
8. Selectively use similes to create interesting effects. Eg: ‘Stepping onto the platform made me feel like a trespasser in an alien world.’
9. Try to use unusual and interesting words to get precise descriptions. Eg: ‘It was given over to weeds but beautifully festooned with wild flowers nodding in pink, orange and yellow in the small wind.’
10. Try to include general instances of imagining the past. Eg: ‘…it was difficult now to imagine the mighty steam locomotives which had once hourly raged through, gushing their white and grey clouds into the sky.