•SUBJECT: ENGLISH (FAL)

•TERM 2, WEEK 3-4

WRITING AND PRESENTING
•TOPIC: WRITING A
DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

•Lesson presented by MS SS.

MSIZA
Lesson
objectives
• At the end of this lesson the learners
should able to…
• Write a well-structured and
coherent descriptive essay.
• Use adverbs and adjectives
effectively in a descriptive essay.
• Use the 5 senses effectively in a
descriptive essay. Use figurative
language in a descriptive essay.
• Use figurative language in a
descriptive essay.
 RECAP

LIST THE FIGURES OF SPEECH THAT YOU KNOW.

 Alliteration
Personification

Figures of Simile
speech Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
 Descriptive Essay
• Descriptive writing is writing that paints a
picture with words. The writer may be asked
to describe people, places, feelings, or events.
In a descriptive essay, the learner describes a
person, memory, situation, place, experience,
or object. In contrast to other types of essays,
the descriptive essay allows the writer to use
many figures of speech, and descriptors like
adjectives and adverbs, thus enabling him to
create a powerful image of what he is
describing. The writer presents the text in a
manner that leads the reader into the writer’s
perspective of the subject the writer is
describing.
Consider the following when
writing a descriptive essay:

The writer should

create a picture in It is usually written
words using in the present or
adjectives and past tense.
adverbs.
Images of sight,
Words and
sound, hearing,
expressions are
taste, and touch can
chosen carefully to
be used to make the
achieve the desired
description vivid.
effect.
(The 5 senses)
Consider the following when writing a
descriptive essay:
Learners should ideally
have experience with the
Figures of speech are used topic. It is very difficult to
in original ways. describe something
without having first-hand
knowledge.

Describe something for the

Make sure the essay has a
reader to learn or take
point.
away from this experience.
• Adverbs are words used to
describe verbs in more detail.
• Example: She NERVOUSLY eased
herself out of the van.
• Adjectives are words used to
describe nouns in more detail.
• Example: GLASSLESS windows; BLUE
car; COMFORTING land.
ANY
QUESTIONS
?
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Homework
• Write a descriptive essay using the
following topic: The happiest day of my
life.
• CRITERIA
• Make sure your essay has a title.
• Your essay must have a mindmap.
• Your essay must have 4 paragraphs.
• Your essay must be between 210 -
250 words.
• Tell the story in your own voice (use
“I”).
• Pay attention to spelling and
grammar.
END OF
LESSON.
THANK YOU GRADE 9s.