1. Welcome
In your comp book, add “Sensory Language” to your table of contents.
In your composition book, create a table like this.
Fill the table with adjectives that go with each sense.
Sight
Smell
Taste
Touch
Sound

2. Are facts that are collected through the 5 senses.
Sensory Details
Are facts that are collected through the 5 senses.

3. Use sensory details in writing to give the read a clear idea of what you are describing.
Example

4. Ask What do you see? What do you hear? What do you feel?
What do you smell?
What do you taste?

5. Sight
Sound
Touch
Taste
Smell
Brilliant
Clamor
Cool
Bland
Foul
Dingy
Hiss
Dusty
Creamy
Perfumed
Gloomy
Mumble
Fluffy
Gingery
Putrid
Shadowy
Rant
Gooey
Nauseating
Spicy
Striped
Squeal
Prickly
Peppery
Sweet
Tarnished
Thud
Slippery
Rotten
Rancid
Twinkling
Whimper
Velvety
Scrumptious
Musty

6. Revising a Descriptive Paragraph
Have I created a strong impression?
Have I created a vivid mental image through the use of sensory details?
Have I used concrete words/descriptive adjectives?
Do my details support the main idea of the paragraph?

7. Activity Without naming what the item is,
Write a paragraph describing it using sensory details
We will read it in class and see if we can guess  what the item is that you describe. 

8. In your composition book, write a short story about an awkward family dinner. MAKE IT UP. Use as many types of sensory language as you can. We will share our writing in thirty minutes. If you finish early, come show me so I can grade.
Welcome!
Use this key to highlight your sensory language:
Sight: blue
Sound: yellow
Touch: green
Taste: orange
Smell: pink