Writer's Workshop Mini-Lesson

Writer’s Workshop

How To Use The Five Senses In Your Writing!

The Five Senses

1. Hearing

2. Smelling

3. Touching

4. Tasting

5. Sight

The Sense of Sight

• Sense of Sight

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Lets Read and Look At The Scene

• Use your eyes to decide on what Peter saw. Think about what he saw out the window.

How Could We Write it?How Could We Write It?

Think about what you see in the picture.

Say in your head, “I see _____________.”

Write it down.

What Did Peter See?I see that…

• snow covered everything.

• snow covered the street.

• snow covered the ground.

• snow covered the sidewalk.

• snow made everything white.

Ms. Sullivan’s Example

I think…What do I see?

• I see snow.

• I see Brysen skiing down our driveway.

• I see the sun.

• I see that Brysen had skied down the driveway before.

My writing! I sketched it and wrote my sentences.

Lets Get Ready to Write!

• Think of a picture of your story in your head.

• Tell your partner what you see.

• Give me a thumbs up when you are ready to write!

Go Writer’s!

• Write What You See!