CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3d
The Standard
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to choose words that make a narrative clear, vivid, and specific. They should replace vague verbs, nouns, and adjectives with exact ones, add details that matter to the event, and use sensory language to help the reader picture what is happening.
Mastery looks like writing where the reader can follow the action and feel present in the moment without getting buried in extra description. Students often get stuck using bland words like nice, good, went, and said, or adding random sensory details that do not fit the scene.
Ways to Teach It
- Give students a dull paragraph and highlighters, then have them revise five vague words and add three fitting sensory details.
- Ask students to write one moment from lunch using sound, smell, and movement, without using the words good, bad, or fun.
- Use an exit ticket with one sentence, asking students to replace the verb and add one relevant descriptive detail.
- Show a sports photo or news image, then have students describe the action so a reader could picture it without seeing it.
Before This Standard
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What This Unlocks
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3d
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.3d
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.