Grade 8, writing
Descriptive Writing
Grade 8 · paint a picture with words. Postcards, letters, notices, dialogues, emails, essays, summaries and speeches, laid out the way exams expect.
The rule in one line
Use the 5 senses: see · hear · smell · taste · feel
What is in this lesson
- Short steps5 steps with pictures, sound and instant feedback.
- Chalkboard trickThe Paragraph Burger and Adjective order: OSASCOMP: a picture on the board that makes the rule easy to remember.
- Notes to copyA short note for the exercise book, made for the Sri Lankan classroom.
- Sinhala and Tamil helpPress and hold any English word to see its meaning.
More lessons: writing
- Writing ToolkitSentences, paragraphs and linking wordsGrade 6
- Postcards & Short NotesGrade 6 · short and friendlyGrade 6
- Informal LetterGrade 7 · writing to a friend or relativeGrade 7
- Notice WritingGrade 7 · short, clear, in a boxGrade 7
- Dialogue WritingGrade 7–8 · a written conversationGrade 7
- Email WritingGrade 8 · formal and informal emailsGrade 8
- Formal LetterGrade 8 · requests, complaints, applicationsGrade 8
- Story WritingGrade 9 · narratives with a twistGrade 9
- Opinion & Argumentative EssayO/L · give your view with reasonsO/L
- Summary WritingO/L · the main points in your own wordsO/L
- Reports & SpeechesO/L · formal writing for school eventsO/L
Questions parents ask
Which grade learns Descriptive Writing?
In English Genius it is a Grade 8 lesson, in the writing topic. Students in any later grade can open it again to revise.
How do students practise Descriptive Writing?
Inside the lesson itself: worked examples and practice tasks in the exam format, with instant feedback. There is also a short note to copy into the exercise book.
How much does it cost?
7 days of everything for Rs. 100, then from Rs. 750 a month.
Try everything for 7 days for Rs. 100
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