DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Writing Assessment Paper 2
Grade 8 - 250 to 300 words - 25
marks.
Grade 9 - 350 to 450 words - 40
marks.
Challenges
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How to increase word count????
FIVE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES
●Zoom In:
ZOOM IN
● Zoom In To help students look finitely at the details of the paragraph and not
get so caught up with the whole story.
LET’S ZOOM IN
Let's read a zoom in sample
The snow was zombie-white.The place around looked
imprisoned in a glair-white silence. Nothing sounded, nothing
stirred, nothing sang. Winters slavering fangs had come and
left its mark. The strong winds had stripped the last leaves
from a tree, leaving it naked and brooding in a harsh world.
On the other hand,the fir trees were wrapped in their surgical
coats now, groaning under the weight of the snow.
FIVE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES
● Zoom In
● Word Power
LET’S COMPARE
My Hobby
My Favorite Hobby
If I were to pick one favorite hobby of A hobby is an activity which is pursued
mine out of the many I have, I will in leisure time, mainly for recreation
definitely pick gardening. I developed a and replenishing the energy lost
taste for dancing when I was very through work.
young. The way my feet moved to the
rhythm of the music convinced my There are several hobbies which one
parents that I was a born dancer. may pursue, such as photography,
Dancing is very uplifting as well as stamp collecting, reading, etc. A hobby
economical. should be pursued according to one’s
nature of work and aptitude.
FIVE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES
● Zoom in
● Word power: The extensiveness of one's vocabulary or the ability to
express oneself effectively.
SIMPLE TO ADVANCE VOCABULARY
❖very calm- serene
❖very busy-occupied
❖very cheap- stingy
❖very careful-cautious
❖very confused- perplexed
❖very creative- innovative
❖very crowded- bustling
FIVE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES
●Zoom in
●Word power
●Figurative language: Writers and poets use figurative
language to build imagery and give words more power.
HOW MIGHT YOU DESCRIBE A BIG, OLD
TREE?
as a tall, woody plant with a brown
trunk and limbs covered with green
leaves…
REMEMBER THE POETIC EFFECT!!!
Identify the figures of speech in the following passage.
►The garden resembled a fairy tale setting.
With the pretty colourful flowers dancing in the breeze ,
they appeared to be extending a warm welcome to each
one. The buzzing bees jumped happily from one flower
to the other , like frogs jumping at the onset of rain.
Chirp! Chirp! The birds sang in complete harmony.
USED IN DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE TOO.
❏ METAPHORS
❏ IDIOMS
❏ SIMILES
❏ ALLITERATIONS
❏ PERSONIFICATIONS
❏ ONOMATOPOEIA
❏ PUN….AND MANY MORE
❏ ADVERB
❏ ADJECTIVE
FIVE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES
● Zoom in
● Word power
● Figurative language
● Sensory details: Use the five senses (sight, touch, sound, taste, and
smell) to add depth of detail to writing.
FIVE IMPORTANT STRATEGIES
●ZOOM IN
●WORD POWER
●FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
●SENSORY DETAILS
●SHOW NOT TELL: LET’S SEE AN EXAMPLE
SHOW DON’T TELL
TIPS TO IMPROVE DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Let’s read and identify strategies used by the
students.
