Setting Description Prompts

Year 2 to Year 6 · Build vivid places in your writing

FOR
Children aged 6–11 building up the descriptive-writing skills needed for KS1 and KS2 writing assessments — show, don’t tell, sensory detail, expanded noun phrases and atmosphere.

WHAT’S INSIDE
The five-senses planner — used across the pack as a scaffold
15 setting prompts (forest, beach, attic, castle, station, market…)
Three modelled descriptions — annotated to show the techniques used
Word banks for each setting — adjectives, verbs, similes
Sentence-starter cards — “The …” / “In the distance, …”
Five mini-tasks: paragraph polish, “show don’t tell” swap, ambitious-word swap
Editing checklist printable
Parent / teacher notes