I had so much fun on Tuesday at the Quinlan Center with a group of 3rd through 6th graders as we went through the first of the Igniting Your Writing workshops! In this first session, we focused on making our writing come alive with sensory imagery.

We began the session by listening to poetry and visualizing the imagery in them. We even attempted a drawing of Jack Prelutsky’s crazy dog from My Dog, He is an Ugly Dog! It was great fun. The kids then broke into groups and visited different sensory stations focusing on picking descriptive words based on sense sensations for sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Finally, we worked on crafting our own imagery poems based on sensory description. I’m very much looking forward to next week’s session on word choice!

Here is a sampling of their original work!

Original Sensory Imagery Poems (Grades 3-6)