Adjectives, adjectives, adjectives! They tell size, shape, color, and number. And if you don't include them, your reader will get an incomplete picture in their mind of what you are trying to describe! That was the theme of our On Demand Writing Game, "Monster Draw." Here is how you play:
Step 1: Draw a monster, complete with background if you have time.
Step 2: Describe every aspect of your monster and background. Don't leave out a single detail! Because....
Step 3: Trade descriptions with a partner. Now you will draw each other's ONLY by reading what they have written. No talking or asking questions allowed!
As you can see, this game gives students instant feedback about their ability to use detail in their writing. We all had some good laughs as pictures were compared near Halloween Day. The winners were voted on by the class, and this year, all happened to be 5th graders! Enjoy!
Jessie's Monster (5th grade)
My monster is not like a normal monster; it has an oval shaped body, with the face and legs and arms all connected to it.
He has a furry, light mossy green oval for his entire body, with small triangles on the edge to represent the fur.
In the upper area of his body, there is one eye, medium-sized, but compared to a human eye, very large. It is shaped like an oval, with a dark-ash green pupil right below the center. It also has bright curved yellow horns sticking out of the top of the head.
In the lower area of its body, there is a wide mouth, not touching the end, but just a little lower than the center point. There's a bright red tongue sticking out of the middle of the smile.
The arms of the body are slanted downwards, but not completely, with a trick-or-treat bag, like a jack-o-lantern, with pencil colored triangular shaped eyes. The point is facing upwards. The nose is slightly smaller with the point facing downwards. The mouth is a half circle, lying horizontally, with one uncolored tooth in it. The bag is colored orange with a handle. The monster is holding the bag to YOUR left. The legs are on the bottom of the body with sticks connected to red colored half circles, with the flat part facing down.
On YOUR left is a crescent moon, with three stars on the right. The pine tree is on the right side of the paper, with bright green on the top, and a brown trunk. The ground is outlined in brown and a little lower than the center.
Wow! So descriptive! Check out this twin Vivian (5th grade) was able to draw!
Audrey's Monster (5th grade)
My monster is circular and green with buff arms. It has three eyes that are in the air. One of the eyes is large, the second one is small, and the third one is medium. The eyes have Ong green sticks to hold them up. The eyes are white with black outlines.
The chest of the monster is green, but is mostly covered with a black suit and blue tie. The monster has two arms and he his flexing his muscles. He also has a mouth above his suit.
His legs are medium sized and also green. On his legs he has some blue shoes that go up to his ankles.
The monster also has a propeller hat that is on top of his eyes. The propeller hat is red, yellow, blue, and green. The background consists of five clouds scattered in the back of him.
He is yelling, "I'm going to be late for work! Where are my pants?"
Wow! Such clear descriptive language! Erin (5th grade) was able to draw this close match!
Colby's Monster (5th grade)
My monster doesn't know it's creepy, or half of it doesn't know! My monster has two pink circular heads with orange hair, which is in two pigtails. Both heads are the same, but one head is smiling and one is frowning. The left one is smiling, and the right one is frowning. Both heads on my monster have two purple eyes and no nose.
The middle part of my monster is a rectangle that is missing the top corners. It is wearing a shirt that is half black with a moon that is a crescent. It kind of looks like a banana. On the other half it is blue with a sun. Each side has two handless arms reaching for tables. On the smiley side, the table is a thin rectangle with a black lining and blue legs. My monster's legs are like carrot noses with an orange outline and green polka dots. There are four of them.
A gray cloud lingers above the monster with gray mist everywhere. Above the smiley heads head, there is a small green plant. It has a small colorless stem, and above the frown one there is a brown plant with a black stem. Both plants have four long clover-like leaves.
The frowny head's table has small black dots on it and is identical to the smiley one's. The smiley one has a present and a new shoe on i.
Sasha (5th grade) is such a careful reader! She drew this picture for the win!
Congratulations to our winners!
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