Division 5 has been working on writing a lot about a little. Just like a camera can zoom in on part of a subject, we aim to improve our writing by “zooming in” on important descriptive details when telling a story. This helps a reader visualize and experience what the author is telling them. To help us practice this writing skill, we looked at a couple of different model texts.

The first model text is called The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Each item in The Important Book is broken down to its essence–telling the reader all the most important things about that object. The author uses a lot of sensory detail when explaining, telling us what the thing sounds like, looks like, tastes like, etc.

The second model text was a poem called Bat! by Anna Ferguson Montague. In this poem, the poet uses sensory detail, but also captures the movement of the animal by choosing specific verbs to help paint the picture.

Division 5 students chose a wide range of different animals for their poems. Please enjoy some of our poetry.