The students were eager to have another go at this On Demand Writing Game where they get instant feedback on the importance of descriptive language and adjectives! Here's how you play:
Step #1: Draw a snowman, complete with background and plenty of colors.
Step #2: Describe your snowman and scenery with adjectives that tell size, shape, color, and number. Make sure your writing can be read! Don't leave out a single detail, because....
Step #3: Trade papers, and draw your partner's snowman as they try to draw yours!
Winners were voted on by the class. Enjoy this amazing artwork and writing!
Mika's Snowman (6th grade)
Now go on the shoulder of the snowman and draw a wide letter u shape. Make it as thick as half of your thumb and color it red. Now draw a curvy rectangle with five fringes on the right.
For the face, draw two black eyes, then go a little down the eyes and draw the carrot nose, which is yellow-orange. Now on the bottom of that, draw six black circles tinier than the eyes.
On the tip of the head, draw a top hat that is a rectangle as thick as a pencil, then draw a cube on top of it. Color it black.
Now draw an ice cream cone with three scoops of ice cream on top. The bottom color of the scoop is green-blue. The next scoop is magenta. Then the top scoop is pink. Then there is a cherry on top. It is red, and the stem is jade green.
Then draw six snoflakes the color of green blue, and five purple snowflakes, scattered all over, but not under the bottom ball.
Now you're done!
Even though Mika forgot to describe the arms and which hand was holding the ice cream cone, she rocked the other descriptive parts, and her buddy Arielle (6th grade) created this from Mika's writing! (I think their friendship helped Arielle read Mika's mind about the arms and ice cream!)
Irene's Snowman (5th grade)
My snowman has two snowballs. The bottom snowball is perfectly round, and the bottom of the snowball nearly touches the bottom of the paper. The entire snowman is slightly tilted to YOUR left. The top of the bottom snowball touches the middle of the apper. The snowman has two medium buttons, each with four black button holes. The button itself is dark gray, and are spread equally apart vertically in the middle of the bottom snowball.
Connecting the top and bottom snowball is a yellow scarf. If you hold the scarf vertically, there are horizontal red stripes on it. There is an end sticking out on your left, and it has green fringe on the edge of the end.
The top snowball is a little smaller than the bottom snowball. On it there are two eyes. The eyes are little dots that are very low, about on the 1/3 point of the top snowball. They are very far apart from each other. On the same line as the eyes is a short, thin, organge carrot. On top of the head is a light turquoise hat. On the top of the hat is a pomp pom. The hat has two ends hanging down, each with a pom pom on the end. The pom pom on your right hangs down to the scarf. The other goes down just past one of the two small arms. Each arm is next to the scarf and has three fingers.
The ground is right below the bottom snowball and is purple. The entire drawing is outlined in black. There are two curves on your right of the bottom snowball.
Wow! That is really clear writing! Irene got her partner Cho (5th grade) to draw this twin!
For this last set, I just had to display Emily's (5th grade) writing. This is what great writers do! Write quickly, make edits, use arrows, erase until it's clear... I thought this was a fabulous example of how to play this game. Emily proofread as she wrote and added in details that helped this team to win!
Wow! Even the shades of green on the tree match! Great job reading and drawing, Elise! (5th grade). My heart MELTS for this pair of matching snowmen! :)
My "Budding" class did the assignment a little differently. They drew a snowman, and then using size, shape, color, and number adjective notes, they wrote a description about their art work. We hung all snowmen up on the wall, and if the snowman could be guessed just by hearing about it, that student knew they were a great writer!
My Snowman, by Luci (1st grade)
My snowman is made up of two medium round white snowballs. It has two small round eyes. Its nose is one medium orange triangle. It has a medium smile mouth with nine pieces of black coal. My snowman has a big half circle hat with blue and purple halves. I love its clothing! Its wearing green striped mittens. The background has purple mountains. I think my snowman is pretty!
My Snowman, by Idri (2nd grade)
My snowman is made up of two big small yellow and brown snowballs. It has two medium oval brown and black eyes. Its nose is huge, pointy, purple, and orange. It has a medium round purple mouth. On the top of its head, it has an antennae. My snowman has big, stretchy, brown arms. I love its clothing! It is wearing straight, furry clothing. The background has trees. I think my snowman is great!
My snowman, by Acey (3rd grade)
My snowman is made of two small, round, gray snowballs. It has two medium, round, dark black eyes. Its nose is small, round, and red. It has a small smiling mouth with give black pieces of coal. On the top of its head, it has a small, curved, green hat. My snowman is wearing a red scarf, pink and purple mittens, and a green beanie. The background has a big green tree and ten gray snowballs. I think my snowman is cute!
