Due Today: 3 Writing Exercises (9/14, 9/15, 9/18)

Writing Exercise: Descriptive Sentences

Prospect Street

One brisk afternoon in late September, I took a walk down Prospect Street.

1.     Music thudded out of the shop and mingled with some of the other noises of the city.
(Identify the kind of music that "thudded out of the shop," name the shop, and give some specific examples of "the other noises of the city.")

2.     Garbage danced along the sidewalk and lay crushed against the curb.
(For the word "garbage," substitute specific examples of litter.)

3.     A woman reading a book was sitting there.
(Briefly describe the woman, identify the book she was reading, and specify where she was sitting.)

4.     Steam blew out of the air vents of a restaurant, carrying with it various smells.
(Name the restaurant, and identify some of the smells coming out of it.)

HOMEWORK:

Begin brainstorming for the Narrative/Descriptive essay you will write this six weeks.

Continue reading your non-fiction selection.

Study for Thursday's vocabulary quiz.