2023 META24 Course Catalog-7

GP3 Descriptive
Research
MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING: LEVEL 1
Skill 1: Students will understand the components of descriptive writing. They will use topic sentences
appropriately. They will employ sensory imagery and descriptive language in their writing. They will
prepare an outline for a descriptive essay.
Skills 2: Students use dialogue, pacing, and transitions effectively. They will be able to correctly identify
pronoun shifts and use pronoun agreement correctly.
Skills 3: Students will distinguish between vague and precise language and use each effectively in
their descriptive writing. They will understand and effectively use figures of speech and literary devices
in their writing. They will be able to draft an effective introduction and conclusion.
MATERIALS
• Write narratives to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective technique,
relevant descriptive details, and well-structured
event sequences.
• Engage and orient the reader by establishing a
context and introducing a narrator and/or
characters; organize an event sequence that
unfolds naturally and logically.
• Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification)
in context.
• Sensory language, outlines
• Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing,
and description, to develop experiences, events,
and/or characters.
• Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and
clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from
one time frame or setting to another.
• Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in
pronoun number and person.
• Dialogue, pacing, shifts in pronoun, using where
and when to signal shifts
• Use precise words and phrases, relevant
descriptive details, and sensory language to convey
experiences and events.
• Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated
experiences or events.
• Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification)
in context.
• Vague vs specific, conclusions
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