Sensory details

Some words have the power to invoke sensory responses. They are called sensory words.

Words for Tastes & Aromas. Here is a cheat sheet to help you add sensory details involving the most overlooked senses--taste and smell.

How to describe a voice

Encourage students to add sensory details to their writing with this worksheet.

Thursday afternoon I rushed around my classroom, planning for a substitute. If there is anything I hate more, I cannot think of it. Trust me, I would so much rather be in my classroom! I will say; however, that this day and a half in workshops was well worth it. I feel lucky to be a part of the Arkansas Benchmark Review Committee. The entire process of creating, field testing, and then launching an exam of such importance seems so daunting, but to be a part of it for a year now has very…

As my writing course is coming to end I would like to share an activity that we worked on last week using sensory details. Good writers know that their reader will need to visualize when reading their story. It is important to have your students adding details that help the reader to see, hear, touch, feel, smell, and even taste. This adds so much to the student's writing and is a quick way to spice up a bland writing piece. I have posted some of my professors favorite picture books to use…

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Finding Sensory Details in Poetry provides students with a poem that are full of sensory details. Students will focus in on those sensory details and underline them in a designated color. Students then sketch out the images those details paint in their heads. These activities can be completed independently, with a partner, or in small groups. These activities can also be used as additional practice or as an assessment piece. This file includes the following poem: Outer Spaceman written by…

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.

A year ago, I had my students write a poem called My Unusual Thanksgiving . We had a guest speaker who shared her poetry so I didn't cre...

Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this reading and writing worksheet! Students will read sentences and then use their creative powers to rewrite them to make them more descriptive. Then, they will use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. With this writing process resource, students learn to make setences more interesting by adding vivid details. #educationdotcom

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Using Sensory Details in Creative Writing - Julianne Berokoff - #logocreative #logocreativedesign #logocreator #logocreationprocess #createlogo

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Sensory words (sensory details) describe how we see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. And they’re the smart writer’s best friend.

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Anchor charts are an important instructional tool. Notice how this teacher, Kylene Parks at Boise-Eliot, has included examples from the mentor text she used in teaching students about sensory images. Later, she invited students to add their own examples of sensory details. Having students add their own examples of writing elements you have taught is a meaningful form of accountability for them as writers. If you teach it, you are expecting them to try using it. Including student examples on…

The educational resource helps teach students about sentence expansion. As with all of our resources, it is customizable so you can tailor this resource for your class."Sentence Expansion Techniques" teaches students to enhance their writing by adding descriptive details using conjunctions, appositi...