education: language arts mentor texts for forms of writing k-8
descriptive writing
descriptive writing is the clear description of people, places, objects, or events using appropriate details. an effective description will contain sufficient and varied elaboration of details to communicate a sense of the subject being described. below is a selection of children's stories that provide an example of narrative writing that are available through 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 library. click on the title to determine the location and availability.
a selection of children's books that model descriptive writing
benny's pennies by benny sets off in the morning with five shiny new pennies to spend and eventually buys something for his mother, brother, sister, dog, and cat.
the best part of me by the best part of me : children talk about their bodies in pictures and words
the little red hen (makes a pizza) by in this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the little red hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it.
owl moon by on a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the great horned owl.
a quiet place by text and illustrations describe some of the special places that one can go to be quiet and alone and to imagine, such as a woods, a seashore, a library, or inside oneself.
squids will be squids by contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.
where i live by a little girl describes what she does and what she sees in and around her seaside home.
