Descriptive Essay Writing Unit - everything you need to help students grasp the concept of the five-paragraph Descriptive essay. Designed for middle or high school students. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, Notes on the elements of a Descriptive Essay, handouts on the organization and structure of a Descriptive Essay, writing a Descriptive Essay Thesis, a Descriptive Peer-Editing Checklist, Rubrics, three sample Descriptive Essays, notes and practice activity on "Show Don't Tell," over 40 Descriptive Essay Writing Prompts. Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms.
*FRESHLY Revised and Updated in November 2022*
This Descriptive Essay Unit includes:
✴️ Elements of Descriptive Essays (Purpose, Key Prompt Words, Goals, etc.)
✴️ Notes on Objective Description vs. Subjective Description
✴️ Lesson on Descriptive Thesis Statements
✴️ Lesson handout and activity on Show Don't Tell
✴️ Words that Enhance Writing - hundreds of words to improve sensory description
✴️ Powerful Verbs - a list of over 450 power-packed verb options
✴️ Notes on Organizing Descriptive Essays
✴️ Graphic Organizer for Organizing Descriptive Essays
✴️ Descriptive Essay Structure Prompt
✴️ Descriptive Essay Outline (blank copy for note-taking or brainstorming)
✴️ Teacher's Notes on Descriptive Essay Evaluation
✴️ Peer-Editing Checklist
✴️ General Essay Rubric
✴️ Descriptive Essay Rubric
✴️ 3 Sample Descriptive Student Essays (for individual, small group or whole-class evaluation)
✴️ 40 Descriptive Writing Prompts
When students are ready to begin writing their own essays, have students practice writing the parts of the essay (titles, grabbers, topic sentences, etc.) with the Teaching the Essay Writing Process - Essay Writing Basics Resource BUNDLE
For practicing evaluating and peer-editing other specific types of essays, be sure to check out our products on Argumentative/Persuasive Essays, Informative/Explanatory Essays, Cause/Effect Essays, Response to Literature Essays, Compare/Contrast Essays, and more under the Essay and Writing Category on SimplyNovel.com