ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cooking Up Descriptive Language Designing Restaurant Menus
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to develop their descriptive writing skills by creating their own restaurant menus. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Developing Characters and Experiences With Sensory Language
Adding sensory languages makes your writing so good you can see, hear, smell, taste and touch it. This lesson plan will show you how to use descriptive sensory language in order to develop and capture the experiences and characters in a...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Image to Narrative
This lesson, which can be adapted to fit with any picture you choose, works for learners of all levels.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Descriptive Writing and the 100th Day of School
Contains plans for three lessons that teach descriptive writing skills by creating and writing about a "100th day bottle." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Introducing Text Structures in Writing 5th Grade
This lesson engages students in learning about text structures. Graphic organizers are provided to assist students in planning writings that have the following text structures: problem and solution; sequence; cause and effect; and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Become a Character
In this online lesson plan and activity, students actually "become" a character from a novel in their analysis of characterization. The lesson plan uses the Scarlet Letter, but any novel can be used. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cosmic Oranges
Contains plans for four 45-minute lessons that ask middle schoolers to use their senses and focus their attention while writing descriptively and observing scientifically. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Word Choice: Lesson 2
A slideshow introducing the topic of word choice and discussing its importance.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Analysis: Process Analysis
This lesson focuses on process analysis including processes by people, machines, and nature. They can be classified as descriptive and prescriptive. It also includes a practice activity.