Writing descriptively

We have been working on using descriptive words to make our writing more interesting. We have been discussing adjectives to describe nouns and proper word choice to help communicate their meaning. We have discussed using more descriptive words such as "dreadful", "horrible", terrible" or "appalling" instead of just using "bad". Students have also been working on creating longer sentences using commas to separate parts of the sentences, or listing, or using conjunctions such as "because", "but", and "and" to join two smaller sentences together. I encouraged students to practice this at home as well, writing single sentences, journal entries, or short stories to help them work on these expectations.