Descriptive Essay

My Favorite Restaurant

Descriptive Essay Assignment

Think of your favorite place to eat. Describe your favorite meal at this place so that someone reading your paper will know what makes it your favorite. You should include 3 or 4 details that will really give your reader a sense of why this is your favorite meal!

THINGS TO CONSIDER

• All essays must be five paragraphs.• Each body paragraph must have 5 sentences.• All essays must be written in blue or black ink.• Do not skip lines between paragraphs.• Spelling and grammar will be graded.• All essays are due on January 16, 2009.

Characteristics of a Good Descriptive Essay

• Create a picture in your reader’s mind.

• Give as much detail as possible.

• Tell your reader everything they need to know.

• Paint a picture with words.

Characteristics of a Good Descriptive Essay

• Relive an experience• Stay true to your

original experience, but don’t be afraid to embellish!

• Contain specific details

Tell me about your favorite meal. Be sure

to describe an experience you have had, stay true to your original, but don’t be afraid to exaggerate a

little!

Use Your Senses !

• Sight - What did the meal look like?

• Taste - What did your meal taste like?

• Smell – What did the meal smell like?

Organization is Key

• Introduction - 3-5 sentences, introduce topic

• Body paragraphs - 5 sentences each, decide how you want to organize these. Have a plan!!

• Conclusion - 3-5 sentences, wrap up everything!

The Descriptive Plan

• Pick one subject.• State your effect. In this case, you want

to make your reader feel hungry.• Choose three details.• Each detail gets a paragraph.• Construct your introduction and

conclusion using the subject, effect, and details.

My Descriptive Plan

1. Big Tex Steakhouse2. Make the reader feel hungry3. New York strip steak, baked

potato, lemon meringue pie

My Descriptive PlanContinued

4. Strip steak:hot from the grill

sizzling platecharcoal smokejuices running outfirst bite melts like butter

My Descriptive Plan Continued

4. Baked potato:hot and steamyfluffy as cottonmountains of sour cream and

butterbacon bits and cheese

Lemon Meringue Pie:meringue like ocean waveslemon like sunshinecrust like homemade

Your Descriptive Plan

• You will work on your descriptive plan today.

• Decide on your topic, effect, and three most important details first.

• Once you have decided on these, start fleshing out your detail paragraphs!

Essay Timeline

• January 13 – Descriptive Plan

• January 14 & 15 - Drafting, Editing, Conference & Final Writing

• January 16 - Essays due

Any Questions ???