3.1 Descriptive Writing

• Short profiles of friends and favourite prominent persons
• Describing appearance: height, colour of eyes, hair and build
• Describing character, likes, dislikes, hobbies and interests (Vorlieben)
• Common adjectives: attributive, comparative and superlative
• Ordinal numbers, birthdays and dates
• Demonstrative articles (dies-, welch-) and personal pronouns in the accusative
• A blog on famous people and their hobbies
• A running dictation (Laufdiktat) and a description of a role model

• identify descriptors in given contexts
• write descriptive texts for effective communication
• acknowledge the importance of various writing skills in communication
• describe people, their appearance, character and interests in writing

“How do you describe people in writing?”

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1. What descriptive writing is
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Say what descriptive writing is and why we describe people.
2. Describing appearance
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Describe height, eyes, hair, build, age and face.
3. Attributive adjectives and their endings
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Place adjectives before nouns and add the right ending.
4. Comparative and superlative
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Compare people with the comparative and rank them with the superlative.
5. Describing character
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use adjectives to describe what a person is like inside.
6. Likes, dislikes, hobbies and interests
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Describe what a person likes, dislikes and does in free time.
7. Ordinal numbers and birthdays
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Say dates and birthdays with ordinal numbers.
8. Demonstrative articles and welch-
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Point to a person with dies- and ask which one with welch-.
9. Personal pronouns in the accusative
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Replace the object of a sentence with an accusative pronoun.
10. Writing a profile and describing a classmate
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write a profile and turn the facts into a short description.
11. A running dictation and a role model
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use a running dictation and write a description of a role model.
12. A blog about famous people
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write a blog on famous people, their hobbies and interests.