1. Creative Writing with the Senses
Mrs. Smith-Creative Writing Class

2. Write a story and answer the following questions.
How long have you been on the planet?
Why did you go there?
Describe the two other people who are with you.
Why is your spaceship damaged?
When you decided to leave your ship how far did you walk?
What were you looking for?

3. Creative story questions continued…
When did you realize that someone was following you?
Describe the creature.
While you were running away, you tripped and fell.
What did you trip over?
Then what happened?
What was the big surprise at the end of the story?

4. Sound
Imagine that you were surfing, suddenly a storm blew in. The waves crashed in all around you as you desperately tried to make it back to shore. You couldn’t see anything. All you could here was the roar of the waves. Describe that sound to someone who has never been on the water surfing.

5. Sight
Describe a sunset to a blind man

6. Smell
You are lying in bed on a Saturday morning when you are awakened to the aroma of coffee brewing and bacon frying. The phone rings and you begin to tell your friend about the smells of breakfast cooking.

7. TASTE
You and your sister decide to concoct a new drink. You mix all of the carbonated drinks in the refrigerator into your mom’s blender. You then add strawberries, bananas, tomatoes and last night’s leftover meatloaf. Last, you throw in a raw egg, a cup of milk, and some ice. As the blender crushes the mixture into a drink, you and your sister argue over who will taste it first. You lose! Describe the taste of the first swallow.

8. Touch
Ever touch a baby’s skin? Describe how it feels. If you’d like, compare it to your own skin. How is it different?