Lesson Plan for Writing a Descriptive Paragraph: Have each student bring in a fruit. As they examine it, have them write down descriptive words for each of the 5 senses: see, smell, touch, hear, taste. They ultimately eat the fruit if they wish. Using the descriptive words that the students came up with, have them write a descriptive paragraph using the paragraph guideline.: 1 topic Indent Opening sentence Closing sentence Descriptive words Evaluation: Indent 2 marks Descriptive paragraph 3 Opening Attention sentence grabbing and complete Closing Satisfying and sentence complete ending 1 topic Has written about I topic
2 Complete
Complete
Has mostly written about 1 topic Some descriptive words
Descriptive words
Many descriptive words give the reader a clear sense of what is being described
1 Proper l sentencing required Proper sentencing required Paragragh needs to be narrowed to 1 topic More descriptive words needed