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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)

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