With the change of colours and decor taking place outside, it's the perfect time of year to begin some descriptive writing!
At the start of this unit, we're focusing on our 5 senses to add details to our writing. We'll be looking at adjectives and using similes / metaphors in the upcoming weeks to add details to our writing.
We started the unit by tasting a very bubbly candy - Pop rocks!
Students used their 5 senses - taste, touch, smell, sight, and listening - to describe their experience of eating Pop Rocks candy. They were encouraged to write down a number of descriptive words that we'll be putting into sentences to write a paragraph about the experience. Here are a few students' ideas:
