Updated: 18 May 2023
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Grades: K - 5
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3 here.)
Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 4 here.)
Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and inc...
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Discuss how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and
Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing such as by drawing and brainstorming;
Dictate or compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry;
Share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language;
Discuss the use of descriptive, literal, and figurative language;
Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing such as drawing and brainstorming;
Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry;
Speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively;
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes;
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry, using genre characteristics and craft;
Express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
Explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images;
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance achieves specific purposes;
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
Compose literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
Give an organized presentation employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes;
Identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
Compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
Sensory details are an important tool. Not only do they help us as writers be more descriptive, but they also help us as readers to visualize and comprehend a piece of text better.
Use this chart to help students organize sensory details they notice in a piece of text, or to brainstorm details they can include in their own writing.
Use the drop-down menu to choose between the PDF or the interactive Google slide version.
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3 here.)
Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 4 here.)
Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and inc...
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Discuss how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and
Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing such as by drawing and brainstorming;
Dictate or compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry;
Share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language;
Discuss the use of descriptive, literal, and figurative language;
Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing such as drawing and brainstorming;
Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry;
Speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively;
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes;
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry, using genre characteristics and craft;
Express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
Explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images;
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance achieves specific purposes;
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
Compose literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
Give an organized presentation employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes;
Identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
Compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
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