Put children's descriptive writing skills to the test with these fun collaborative writing activities. Presented with the picture of an object, young writers are are tasked with creating a description that provides enough detail for one of their peers to replicate image. A great way to add some variety to your writing lessons.

Concepts

descriptive writing, adjectives, parts of speech, Expository Writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Perform these activities during a lesson series on descriptive writing
• Model the activity by writing a description of an object and seeing if the class can guess what it is
• Create classroom displays using students' descriptive writing and the drawings associated with them

Classroom Considerations

• Though designed for second and third grade, these activities can be used across the upper-elementary grade levels
• Depending on the age of your students, you may need to provide them with additional sheets of lined paper

Pros

• Three worksheets are provided in the collection, each offering a different image
• Worksheets ask pupils to reflect on ways to improve their writing after completing the activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.2.5.a L.2.5.b L.2.6