Descriptive Writing - Year 7/8

Descriptive Writing - Year 7/8 is made up of an 82-slide editable PowerPoint presentation with 9 worksheets and a six lesson overview. The PowerPoint contains a series of step by step lessons designed to help Year 7/8 learners develop and improve their descriptive writing skills.

The resource contains several activities suitable for pupils of all abilities and is easy to tweak, personalise and differentiate.

The resource covers:

The key features of writing to describe

Using adjectives to create vivid imagery

How to use powerful verbs

Planning, structuring and organising a piece of effective descriptive writing

Using similes and a wider vocabulary

How to draft a piece of writing to improve it

And much more!

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