Christmas Break

Think back to what you did over Christmas Break.

A  WHO did you spend time with?  Describe him/her.

--Personality Traits (internal characteristics)
--External Characteristics
--Can you use figurative language to give a better understanding of your description?

B  WHAT did you do?

1)___________________

--how could you describe this action

2)___________________

--how could you describe this action

3)___________________

--how could you describe this action

C  Think about WHEN you did this.

--time of day/day of the week/time of year

----HOW can you describe this?

D  WHERE were you?

--how can you describe this location?

--Can you use figurative language to give a better understanding of your description?

E  WHY did you choose to spend time with this person doing what you did?

--how can you use figurative language to give a better understanding?

F  Describe what you could hear:

G  Describe something you could see:

H  Describe something you could touch & feel

I  Describe how something tasted:

J  Describe how something smelled:

Now put it all together in a cohesive 8th-grade quality paragraph

2 adjectives

2 adverbs

2 fig language

2 onomatopoeia

3 sensory details (see, hear, touch, taste, smell)