Sensory details

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

A mini anchor chart for teaching sensory words, imagery, and visualization!

Sensory Details Anchor Chart

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…

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

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Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this worksheet! Students can revise sentences and then use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. Use this worksheet to practice adding vivid details to sentences.

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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 create a printable for the lesson. Here is the original prompt: Write a list poem called "My Unusual Thanksgiving". Try to include images and events that are not typical of a Thanksgiving dinner on TV. What makes the way you and your family celebrate unique? This year my students have five days off over Thanksgiving weekend. I created this sheet to help them…