A
Writer's Quest for Details
Find the words to describe
the winter habitat of monarch butterflies. |
Sensory
Details
What can you see? What
would you hear, smell, feel?
In this space, encourage
students to write descriptive phrases using sensory details after studying
specific photos. What
can you see?
What would you hear? Smell? Feel?
Samples:
- Deep green, tall
fir trees
- Patches of sunlight
and shade
- Clusters of monarchs
covering tree trunks and hanging from branches
- Forested mountain
peaks
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Alliteration
Collect phrases that use
words that begin with the same letter.
In this space, have
students write descriptive phrases using words that begin with the same
letter.
Samples:
- Butterfly-filled
branches bow under the weight of wings
- Millions and millions
of motionless monarchs
- Closed-wing clusters
covering tall, towering tree trunks
- Resting in roosts
- Flurry of flight
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Personification
If a ____ could talk....
In this space, have
students imagine what a monarch or oyamel tree would say...
Samples:
- I am an oyamel tree
holding millions of monarchs. I can fill their weight on my branches.
- My wings are still
now, resting after their long flight and preparing for their final journey
north.
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Similies
and Metaphors
Compare...Think: reminds
me of:
In this space, invite
students to make connections using similes and metaphors. (comparisons)
Samples:
- The monarch-filled
tree trunks look like...
- From above, the forest
is like..
- Monarchs huddle together
like...
- Canopy of trees is
like a blanket... or an umbrella…
- Intergenerational
relay race in the Spring
- A blanket of boughs
protects the monarchs from cold winds.
- Tall trees dressed
in their winterwear of wings.
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