Winters day - descriptive writing planning sheet

This engaging worksheet supports students in crafting vivid descriptive writing by using a carefully chosen image as inspiration. The resource guides learners through the planning process with targeted questions that prompt detailed observation, sensory description, and language technique use.

Worksheet features:

Stimulus Image: A striking, atmospheric picture that sparks imagination and sets the scene for descriptive writing.
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Sensory Detail Prompts: Questions that guide students to imagine and describe sounds, smells, textures, tastes, and feelings related to the scene.

Language Techniques Focus: Tasks asking students to identify and plan the use of similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and other descriptive devices.

Structure and Tone Planning: Space to outline the overall mood, tone, and progression of the description, helping students organize their ideas logically.

Benefits for students:

Builds observational skills and attention to detail

Encourages use of varied and effective language techniques

Supports clear planning for well-structured, evocative descriptive writing

Ideal for KS3 and GCSE English classes preparing for creative writing tasks or exams

Use this worksheet as a starter activity, homework task, or scaffolded support for descriptive writing assignments.