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Dynamic Descriptions: Taking Writing From ‘Fine’ to ‘Fab’

Completed by 49 learners
Ages 9-11
Live Group Class
Looking at a different focus (it could be a season, setting, or perhaps character) each week, we explore imaginative writing and build vocabulary with effective descriptions.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(235 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week
1-6 learners per class
50 min

What's included

1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 5
In this ongoing class, meeting once a week, we explore descriptive language and how it can bring our writing to life.  Learners should already have a basic understanding of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Each week, we’ll take a different focus. This could be looking at a season, a character type, a setting, etc. We'll look at some pictures to help build a vocabulary bank. Next, we’ll experiment with combining them, and expanding them into descriptive phrases. 
We’ll look at similes and metaphors that we can create and may introduce other writing techniques such as alliteration, synecdoche, personification, etc, as appropriate. 
We'll work on a few descriptions together before learners are challenged to write their own descriptions. 
For those who would like an extra challenge, time permitting, learners can begin to write a story (prompts can be given) and use descriptions that they've explored during class. 

Students are encouraged to share their work but aren't required to do so if they'd rather not. 

This class is designed to be joined at any time with no prior experience of previous sessions. Learners are free to ‘jump’ in and out of the various sessions or only join specific weeks if they like. 
                   
Planned schedule for the next few weeks:
WB 19th Feb: Freezing Weather
WB 26th Feb: Villains
WB 4th Mar: Storms
WB 11th Mar: Aliens
WB 18th Mar: Castles and Palaces
WB 25th Mar: Mountains and Hills

Learning Goals

Students will:
create a vocabulary bank
begin to understand how to expand their words into phrases
gain a deeper understanding of various writing terms and learn how to start using them in their own writing
start to use their descriptive language ideas effectively in their writing.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Content is age-appropriate to the advertised age range. Parents, please use your own judgement if your child is outside that range. As the course looks at descriptive writing in more detail, students will expected to be able to work at a more in-depth level and have a basic understanding of nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Supply List
Essential:  A notebook or several sheets of paper and something to write with, or a device to use for writing. 
Useful but not necessary: A small whiteboard may be handy.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Some photos/ illustrations may be used to help with descriptive language (which will be my own photos, pictures created by me or shared from a source with permission). All will be age-appropriate. All other content will be created by me.

Meet the teacher

Joined September, 2020
4.9
235reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Writing is my passion and as well as majoring in English at university, along with Theatre Arts, I've almost 20 years of experience in teaching English in primary schools (4-11-year-olds). Over those years I have worked regularly with groups of children specifically on English writing skills.
I have a wide range of experience in editing and proofreading others’ work; both fiction and non-fiction.

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