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12+ students: 'Fairground' themed descriptive writing pack

A great and varied pack for 12+ preparation which helps you to add colour and variety to your compositions. Lots here to help younger students master new and varied vocabulary and get inspired from sample descriptions and exciting pictures. Fairgrounds are a great topic, because they are full of great details and offer you an enjoyable way of developing your vocabulary range, subject variety and range of expression. Included in this pack are:

1) A useful PowerPoint film on descriptive writing and the key skills you need to excel in it
2) TWO tasks in one: fairground brainstormer and sensory language ideas grid activities
3) Fab and funky 'Fairground vocabulary and phrases' mini-thesaurus sheet.
4) A Powerpoint film focusing on how to tackle the task of describing a visit to a fairground
5) A sample descriptive response



Sample images (click to enlarge)

Sample Picture

Sample Picture

Sample Picture

Sample Picture


Files:
Fairground brainbuster overview.txt (1 KB)
Fairground ideas brainbuster and sensory language grid for planning descriptive writing.pdf (360 KB)
Fairground McNulty comprehension task with extract.pdf (443 KB)
Fairground overview of WHOLE PACK.txt (1 KB)
Fairground vocabulary bank of words and phrases.pdf (208 KB)
Final word file sample descriptive student composition.pdf (591 KB)
FINAL McNulty comprehension task with extract.pdf (380 KB)
Final sample descriptive student composition.pdf (646 KB)
Multiple Choice answers for McNulty practce comprehension.pdf (341 KB)
What is Descriptive Writing.mpg (184,835 KB)




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