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Subject: Language ArtsLesson Title: Descriptive WritingGoals/Objectives:• To produce descriptive essays and test the merit of the description by asking otherstudents to match descriptions with photos.• To understand the need for detail in descriptive essays.• To write for one’s peers (a specific audience)National Standards met: Language Arts – 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 11LANGUAGE ARTSMethods/Procedures:• Students will use patriots.com to select a favorite photograph.• Students should take detailed notes about the photograph they have chosen usingdescriptive words and phrases.• Using the information gathered, students will write a descriptive essay about theirchosen photograph. (This can be completed the next day in a computer lab – to add atechnology component to the lesson.)• Students will revise the essay with peer-editing help.• Students will conference with the teacher for a final revision.• Students will prepare a final copy for publication and presentation to other classperiods.• For 6th - 12th grade groups: Each class period will number essays for their class andassign letters to each photo display.• The next day, each class period must try to match the correct descriptive essay withthe appropriate photo for each of the other classes.Alternative use of this activity:• Photocopy essays from the first activity. Use the essays with a different group ofstudents to create a virtual scavenger hunt.• Group or team students. Hand each group 15-20 essays (make sure the number ofessays given to each group is equal). The first group to correctly find and identify allphotographs being described in their stack of essays wins the scavenger hunt.Materials:• Notebooks, notepads/paper & writing implements• Disposable cameras, developing, digital cameras, and printing of digital photosAssessment:• Students will receive feedback from their peers regarding effectiveness of description(based on the ease with which readers could determine the display being described inthe essay). The teacher will use a rubric to score each essay.Pro Football Hall of Fame Educational Outreach Program 36 New England Patriots Edition