My returning students were very excited to play this On Demand Writing Game (think Monster Daw a few months back!) 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 set of amazing artwork and writing!
Risha's Snowman (3rd grade)
My snowman is made of two big snowballs. It has two tiny, black, round eyes. Its nose is s small orange carrot nose. It has a big smile with four pieces of black coal for the mouth. On the top of its head, it has a beanie with a black pom pom. The top half is red, and the bottom half is green. My snowman has black stick arms, and they are facing up. I love its clothing! Its wearing a scarf with eight red rectangles and seven green rectangles. The background has gray snow at the bottom with snow falling.
Risha wrote so clearly, that her partner Ella (3rd grade) drew this very close match!
William's Snowman (4th grade)
My snowman is made of two snowballs. The snowball on the bottom is a teeny bit longer than the top one. He sits on a snowy hill with some grass.
My snowman has an aqua blue hat with a black and yellow buckle on it. His eyes and smile are made out of little pebbles. His nose and horns are made out of carrots. He has a yellow and orange scarf. His arms are made out of sticks, and he has "half snowballs" to show he has muscles. He has two buttons on his belly. He also has a yellow and black belt. He is a blue snowman.
On top of him, (there is a little space), a little to your right, is a gray crescent moon. To the right of you, there is a light blue cloud and there are medium sized snowflakes that are blue underneath the cloud. To the left of you, there is a red house with a brown roof and two yellow windows and doors.
William had never played this game before, and look how accurately he wrote! He got his partner Chuyu (4th grade) to draw this!
Sara's Snowman (4th grade)
My perfect snowman is tall and has three round balls that build up, like a typical snowman. Her bottom ball is larger than the rest, her middle one is medium-sized, and the top one is the smallest. My snowman amost touches the top of the page.
She wears a cute turquoise beanie that does not go that high, but the dark purple pom pom that is placed directly on the top gives it an extra length. The base of the hat is a rounded triangle. The pom pom also has a red heart in the middle. Her eyes are the size of the holes on the left side of the paper and have two small cirrcles placed diagnoally across from each other. The middle of the eye is black. My snowman of course has a carrot nose. The nose is an orange gradient starting darkest from my left to the side, and it faces the right side.. The mouth consists of tiny coal circles forming a smile reaching from one side to the other. My snowman also has pink cheeks.
The middle of the body is pretty simple. It has two medium-sized heart shaped buttons with three black dots, one on the bottom and two on the top. The buttons are placed in the center of the middle of the middle circle, and are in a normal place you would see coal buttons. The heart shaped buttons are a darker pink color. Finally, she has two stick arms that have three tiny stick fingers. They reach to almost the edge of the page and stick out in a straight line.
The lower ball also has a heart shaped button, and looks exactly the same but is slightly bigger. The color of my snowman's body is a super light pink.
My snowman's background is white, but has three dark pink clouds. One is placed under YOUR right arm and all look like a normal cartoon cloud. Another is placed a few inches above the same arm, and is the same color. The last one is directly on the other side and the same color. There are eight medium snowflakes, and behind the bottom ball are light yellow hills. They are half circles.
WOW! Sarah wrote A LOT with great description! She and her partner almost ran out of time, but Myles (4th grade) read carefully and drew quickly, and got this super match!
Congratulations to our winners!
