Lesson:  What questions will help me putting details in my writing?
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When is it happening?
after, as soon, before, finally, later, now, until, while, meanwhile, immediately,
soon, once, in the meantime, all at once, in a little while, in a flash, suddenly

What color or shape is it?
red, bronze, golden, cubed,

What texture is it?
rough, smooth, gooey

What are your eyes, hands and feet doing?
shaking, grabbing, wide open, trembling, waving, pacing

Add details to the following paragraph starters by answering the above
questions.  A sample is given:

SAMPLE:
 DULL SENTENCE:
 A space station appeared.

 EXCITING SENTENCES WITH DETAILS:
 In the far off distance, a large shiny space station appeared.  In a flash,
my hands started shaking.  My eyes were as big as baseballs.

 A frog floated.
 A treasure chest appeared.
 An ant colory marched.
 A special gift appeared.
 The magician played a trick.
 The photograph moved.

Read the following prompt sample.  Notice all the words that are in bold
print.  These words are nouns.  Nouns are things that you can see.

 “Ough!  My tooth hurts!” I shouted.  My mom told me to put on my coat
that morning.  We were going downtown to the dentist.  She had made an
appointment because I was complaining about one of my  teeth.   As we
walked out the door, I grabbed a bag of ice to hold on my jaw.  It helped a little
bit, but my whole mouth still throbbed.
 Every time we hit a bump in the road, the toothache blasted my mouth
with pain.  I moaned until Mom opened the door to the dentist office.  She
pointed me to a chair in the corner while she talked to the nurse.  In a few
minutes, the nurse took me back to a room down a hall.  The nurse patted me
on the back and asked me to sit in the chair in the middle of the room.  The
chair felt slick and soft.  When I leaned my head back, I noticed a mirror on
the ceiling.

Here is a list of the words printed in bold from the above paragraphs.  Add a
word or words in front of these nouns that will answer one of the following
questions:
What size is it? (measurement, comparison)
Where is it located? (street, area)
What shape is it? (long, narrow, flat)
What color is it? (bronze, metallic, sparkly)
What texture is it? (shiny, bumpy, slick, glass)
tooth
coat
morning
dentist
teeth
door
room
hall
chair
mirror