When you write a narrative, you can draw your reader into your experiences by adding specific, concrete details and sensory language to your storytelling. This lesson tells you exactly how to do it. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] After this lesson centered around the book Owl Moon, students will be able to identify words and phrases that suggest feelings and appeal to the senses.

This language arts lesson applies hands-on materials to help learners apply the sensory details need for writing. It also incorporates writing skills for comparing and contrasting. In addition, students will utilize Thinkfinity...

For this lesson, 5th graders will engage in descriptive writing. Students will improve a piece of writing by using precise word choices that are full of sensory word choices.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students are learning to identify sensory words in their reading, specifically in poetry. Students will gain a perspective on how authors use sensory words to portray their ideas. They...

This site provides several sample sentences which show sensory details and aid students in writing specific rather than general sentences. It is a good site for someone preparing to write a descriptive essay. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory...

Young scholars will engage in a lesson that teaches them to associate certain expressions and words with specific feelings. Included are a senses PowerPoint, a model of a graphic organizer, and a video and picture of the students engaged...

When will my baby take his first step or say her first word? During their first year, babies start to develop skills they will use for the rest of their lives. The normal growth of babies can be broken down into the following areas:...

Students will learn how to use better word choices by completing a cloze activity, listening to A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, and completing a word web.

During this lesson students navigate the Internet to learn about the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. Students explore the history of peanuts and sample different types of peanuts. They use their five senses to write a...