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<strong>Improving</strong> <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> <strong>Skills</strong><br />

Descriptive Prompts<br />

Specific Topics<br />

• Take your class on an art walk—ask them to choose a painting to describe in<br />

words.<br />

• Describe pizza to someone who has never tasted it.<br />

• You’re walking along and you see a scary house (or a vicious dog)—describe it<br />

to someone.<br />

• Describe a house of the future.<br />

• Describe the craziest outfit you can think of and the type of person that would<br />

wear it.<br />

Guided Topics<br />

• Describe something interesting that you have seen outdoors.<br />

• Describe a cool store.<br />

• What invention would you like to see in your lifetime?<br />

• Describe the most beautiful thing you have ever seen.<br />

• Describe a type of food.<br />

Idea Starters<br />

• Describe something you see every day.<br />

• Describe something that is not real.<br />

• Describe a scene from nature.<br />

• Describe an event.<br />

• Describe a person.<br />

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