Objectives:
Create detail generating questions using a variety of specific sensory details about a Pirate.
Using sentence starters to create sentence variety within their story segments.
To help students visualize and understand how good elaborative detail creates great pictures in our minds
1. Students will create their own detail generating questions.
Examples include:
What kind/colour of hair/eyes/nose/mouth did he/she have?
What was his/her height/weight? (no number words - compare)
What kind of scars or other distinguishing marks did he/she have?
What was he/she wearing? (clothing/jewelry)
What was he/she carrying or holding?
What kind of expression was on his/her face?
How did he/she move?
2. Here are some pictures of pirates.
3. Complete the following sentence starters using one of the pictures above, incorporating the information from your generating questions.
Sample sentence starters:
His/her eyes/hair/mouth/nose was...
I couldn't believe the pirate's...
The pirate...
He/she was the size of...
This buccaneer wore...
His/her frame was covered in...
He/she wore...
In his/her hand...
At his/her side hung a...
I shivered/laughed/gasped at...
The pirate/fiend/culprit looked as though...
She/he moved like...
When he/she walked...
4. Begin a rough draft of your Pirate segment. Remember to choose one of the three pirate pictures as your example.
