Writing Descriptive Paragraphs

We have begun discussion on writing a descriptive paragraph.  So far, students have learned to include different words that involve the senses.  For example:

• Taste: bland, buttery, sugary, syrupy, rotten, nasty
• Feeling (physical or emotional): gentle, rough, furious, soft, kind
• Shape: rectangular, irregular, ovaly
• Size: tiny, ginormous, average, miniscule
• Texture (feels or looks): rough, squisy, shiny, dull, slippery
• Movement (feels or looks): lunge, drag, sidestep, scatter
• Sound: yell, sputter, ring, shout, whistle