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Name: <  >
Class: <  >
Date: <  >



Adding Describing Words

When you were little, you probably read Charlotte's Web. Remember how well you got to know the characters? How you could picture Charlotte in your mind because the author, E. B. White, gave you so many details about how Charlotte looked, talked, and so on? The best stories and books you have read make the characters and the story come alive for you.

You know how dull a story can be when it's filled with tired describing words or no describing words at all.

Read the unfinished story below. Then replace each <  > in the story with a describing word or phrase. Try to make your additions specific and colorful. There are no right answers! Your job is to be creative and playful, so that the story makes sense.

For example:

Once a <  > boy saw a <  > woman standing on a <  > street corner.

Might become:

Once a devilish young boy saw a tall, slim, dark-haired woman standing on a dark street corner.

Now it's your turn.

Once a <  > boy saw a <  > woman standing on a <  > street corner. He said to himself, "She looks like a <  > lady. I think I will go up to her and <  >."

The street was quite a <  > one, with lots of <  > cars and <  > trucks passing by. The <  > boy grasped the lady's <  > arm with his left hand. Then he said <  >, with a <  > smile on his face, "Come with me. I will help you across this <  > street." He held up his <  > hand to stop the <  > traffic and then <  > led the <  > woman across the <  > street.

Once on the other side, he <  > let go of her arm and said in a <  > voice, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

The <  > lady looked at him <  > and answered, "Yes. You can take me back across this <  > street. You see, you <  > boy, I was waiting for a bus over there!"

The moral of this <  > story is, don't <  >!


Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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Below is a letter of invitation that you can finish with specific details as well as describing words and phrases.

Dear <  >,

There will be a Halloween party at <place> on <date>. There will be <  > games to play and <  > food served, such as <  > and <  >. Everyone will come dressed as his favorite <  > from <name of book or movie>. <name> will give a prize for the <  > costume and the <  > costume. The prizes will be <  > and <  >. Please come and wear a <  > costume!

Yours truly,
<  >


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Now, if there is time, write a description of your favorite place in the whole world. Make it so appealing, with details, that anyone would understand why you like it so much. (If you have a partner, choose a place you both like and work together.) Print your description and exchange it with others so that you can make suggestions to each other for improvements.

My favorite place in the whole world is <  >


If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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