Throughout the week, the focus in LIT 102: Promoting Writing in Primary Grades, was on the explanation of descriptive writing. My colleagues and I were exposed to various aspects of descriptive writing. We were informed that a good descriptive writing piece creates a mental image in one’s mind. Specifically, this form of writing shows the reader vivid events as they unfold rather than simply telling what is taking place. This is primarily done using the five (5) senses (the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing). We call these sentences showing sentences.
From the lessons taught throughout the week,
what stood out the most to me was the activity that my lecturer Mrs. Lazarus
gave my colleagues and I. We were given Three (3) sentences (John was angry, a
storm was approaching, and it was a hot day.) and were asked to transform these
sentences into showing sentences using a sensory approach. This activity stood
out to me because it challenged me to think more creatively when writing simple
descriptive sentences. Additionally, we were further tasked with identifying
the dominant impressions in our peers’ sentences. For instance, the showing
sentence that I created for a storm was approaching was, ‘dark grey clouds gathered,
lightning raced across the sky, and heavy rain began to pound the roof.’ My classmates and I identified that this sentence
portrayed an eerie, tumultuous feeling aligned with the impending storm that
was approaching. The following video depicts my descriptive sentence.
I would have liked,
however, to be shown a descriptive paragraph where all 5 senses were used in
vivid detail to give me a better understanding of how one can go about writing
excellent sentences.
