Descriptive Writing Lesson

Descriptive Writing Lesson. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Descriptive Writing Lesson. Learn about Writing. Learn about Sensory Descriptive Writing using Treasure Island as your guide. Study sensory, descriptive writing skills, which use carefully selected details and well-chosen comparisons to capture moods and images of characters, settings, or objects.
• Gain insight to Robert Louis Stevenson's use of sensory, descriptive writing in his classic novel Treasure Island through excerpts that show the author's appeal to the senses and his masterful ability to stimulate the reader-s imagination.
• Read the text of Treasure Island, and learn how to use the same method of sensory, descriptive writing as that exemplified in the novel for the creation of fictional stories.
• Study the sensory, descriptive mode of writing through excerpts from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale and appreciate the artistry of the renowned illustrator N.C. Wyeth.
• Discover the many benefits of using online video for visual learning. Educational video for teaching the K-12 curriculum provides online learning for children and students of all ages and abilities. Using subtitled video - or video with closed captions - enables children to choose between watching, listening to, or reading each presentation whichever best suites their individual learning style. A wonderful option particularly for dyslexia and special needs education.