London Eye Mystery descriptive writing

1. How can we plan descriptive
sentences?
C - I can describe using my senses
A - I can describe using similes and metaphors
E - I can describe using personification

2. Remind yourself of the meaning of these word classes, can you
think of an example for each one?
Noun – A person, place or thing.
The young woman looked down at the ground as she walked, clutching
her scarf around her neck to keep warm.
Adjective – a word that describes a noun.
Through the tall trees, glorious sunshine came flooding in.
Verb – an action word
The girl wept as she told them what had happened.
Adverb – a word that describes a verb
The child ran frantically down the street.

3. C - I can describe using my senses
Your senses are sight, hearing, touch, smell and
taste. Look at the images on the following slides
and jot down some ideas that relate to your
senses.

7. A - I can describe using similes and metaphors
A simile is when you describe by comparing something to something
else that is similar.
Copy and complete these sentences using similes:

8. A metaphor is when you describe something as
being something else.
Her eyes were two diamonds, sparkling back at me.
Sort these sentences in to similes and metaphors:

9. E - I can describe using personification.
Personification - describing something by giving it human features.
The trees were dancing in the wind.
What personifications could
you write to describe this
picture?

10. The London Eye is 135 metres high. When the weather is
good, you can see up to 40km away. You can see famous
landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament (also called the
Palace of Westminster), Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, The
Shard, the river Thames, Buckingham Palace, The Tower and
Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Jubilee Gardens.
This week you are going to write a piece of descriptive writing
as if you are visiting the London Eye.

11. Thinking about each of your senses. Annotate the
pictures with nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs which
describe them. You also need to come up with similes,
metaphors and personifications for them. The pictures
have been taken at different times of the day in different
weather conditions. How does this affect how you
describe them?
The pictures are on the following slides and are also
saved as a word document on the English page.

12. If you have access to a printer, print out the
photo and annotate around them:
Smooth glass
Reflected clouds
Ice blue sky
Sunlight
bouncing off the
surface of the
building
Tower poking through
the fluffy white clouds
Spiked tower like a sharp
needle.

13. You could also write them in a table either on
the word document or on a piece of paper.

14. The Houses of Parliament/Palace of Westminster – a
meeting place for people in government.
Big Ben is the name of the bell in the clock on one of the towers.

15. Westminster Abbey. The building hosts regular weekly
church services every Sunday, as well as during religious
holidays. It is also where members of the royal family
get married.

16. The Shard
The shard building is the tallest building in the UK. Inside it are
offices, hotels and restaurants.

17. Buckingham Palace – the Queen’s London
residence.
The guards of Buckingham Palace have to
wear a special red and black uniform.

18. The Tower and Tower Bridge
The Tower of London once
served as a prison.
Tower bridge famously opens
up to let larger ships through
on the River Thames.

19. St Paul’s Cathedral

20. Jubilee Gardens