1.3 Writer's Workshop: Descriptive Writing

Writer's Workshop 5 - Step Five: Publishing

Publishing is when you are ready to polish, present, and submit your work. You can do this at the end of your assignment template, or you can get fancy and use powerpoint or another tool you like. You could even complete it by hand, if you can scan it or take good pictures of it put in a single document to submit. 

  • You may need to revise and edit your work several times.
  • Do one last check of your writing and look over the marking rubric before you hand it in. 
  • Make sure you have everything you need to get the best mark you can get.

With your home facilitator, go through your writing as you think and talk about the questions below:

____ Does my paragraph or descriptive essay show originality?

____ Does my writing show a strong sense of place and mood?

____ Do I develop some ideas or images in creative or unusual ways?

____ Have I used detail / language effectively to create strong descriptions, with strong action verbs, adverbs, and adjectives?

____ Do I use some imagery to engage the senses – sights, sounds, touch, smells, and maybe even taste?

____ Have I used some literary devices (onomatopoeia, alliteration, simile, metaphor?

____ Have I used sentence variety strategies from the revising lesson (part two)?

____ Have I used correct basic spelling, punctuation, and grammar?

____ Have I met criteria on the marking rubric well? (see next page)

Final Touches

Add final touches:

___ Give your description a title.

___ Give yourself (the author) credit. (By Your Name)

___ Optional: Add an image. 

When you are finished, please submit your final copy.