Descriptive Writing - Year 5/6

Descriptive Writing - Year 5/6 is made up of six lesson overview, an 82 slide PowerPoint presentation and a 9-page booklet of worksheets.

The PowerPoint contains stage by stage lessons specifically designed to teach writing to describe at upper KS2. The resource contains a number of lessons which can be tweaked, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. The lessons are made up of a range of activities for learners of all abilities, including:

The features of writing to describe

Using adjectives effectively to create descriptive imagery

How to use verbs effectively in descriptive writing

Planning, structuring and organising writing

Using similes to bring writing alive on the page

Developing a wider vocabulary

How to draft and redraft when writing to describe

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