Two Exercises for Teaching Description and Using The Five Senses in Writing

May 22, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

One of the biggest losses I’m feeling from completing the semester at home is the inability to execute my favorite “Five Senses” activity in the classroom with my writing students. It’s one of my favorite days in the classroom, where I play music and ask students to sit and write based on prompts pertaining to […]

The Nose Knows: The Sense of Smell “Takes You Back”

May 14, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Your five senses know a lot about your life. They know what you like to taste. They know what you like to see. They know what you like to hear. They know what you like to touch. And, they know what you like to smell. Studies have shown that perhaps more than any other sense, […]

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