Descriptive writing trail

Drag and drop task that links to 'Describing a beach or holiday memory' but works equally well as a stand alone activity.

A lovely activity for children to practise using and identifying adjectives - a spooky theme!

An exercise that encourages pupils to improve the quality of their writing by using strong verbs. The original resource is followed by a differentiated version for use with students with SEN.

A very simple exercise which asks pupils to draw the image before deciding if it's a simile or metaphor. The original resource is followed by a differentiated version for use with students with SEN.

A collection of pupil or teacher ticklists for writing, including the necessary nine of writing (general), newspaper writing, descriptive writing and story writing.

Close reading of an extract followed by a writing task.

A handy task planning sheet.

Useful as preparation for exam / timed conditions writing.

Prompt questions, illustration activity and 'Through the Keyhole' advertising activity.

Close reading of language (looking at adjectives, nouns, verbs and similes) followed by descriptive writing task.

A fun way to teach aspects of descriptive writing that will cost you a bag of sherbet lemons.