Descriptive Writing: Halloween Edition
Goal:
To use descriptive writing techniques and adjectives to construct paragraphs which describe the design of your very own haunted house! The descriptions used should help make it easy for a partner to illustrate an accurate picture of your haunted house.
Steps:
- In your Language Arts notebook, brainstorm the design of your haunted house.
- Create a set of paragraphs using highly descriptive words to set the tone and design for your haunted house.
- Edit your work.
- Retrieve the “good copy” sheet from your teacher.
- Rewrite your descriptive paragraphs on the sheet of paper.
- Give your good copy to a “designer” within the class.
- Your designer will now create your haunted house in an illustration. . . You will do the same for your partner!
Rubric:
Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 4
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Descriptions
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Content
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Few descriptive words are used. The setting and design were unclear.
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An attempt at descriptive words was used to describe the five senses. The setting and design were somewhat clear.
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Some descriptive words are used to describe the topic and reach the five senses. The setting and design were clear.
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Descriptive words are used to describe the topic and reach the five senses. The setting and design were very clear.
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Mechanics
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There were many spelling and grammatical errors
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There were some spelling and grammatical errors
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There were few spelling or grammatical errors
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There were no spelling or grammatical errors.
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Illustration
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No attempt was made to recreate a peer’s house. He or she did not want to do an illustration.
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A small attempt wa made to recreate a peer’s house. He/she rushed through the illustration.
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A good attempt was made to recreate a peer’s house. He/she took some time to create an accurate illustration
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A strong attempt was made to recreate a partner’s house. He/she took time to create an accurate illustration
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