Sensory Storytelling: Engaging the Senses in Creative Writing

Sensory Storytelling: Engaging the Senses in Creative Writing

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to use the senses to enhance your creative writing and engage your readers.

What do you already know about using the senses in creative writing?

Introduction to Senses in Writing

Explore how the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell) can bring writing to life and create vivid imagery.

Sensory Writing Techniques

Learn different techniques such as using similes, metaphors, and descriptive language to evoke sensory experiences.

Engaging the Reader's Imagination

Understand how sensory writing can transport the reader into the world of the story and make the narrative more compelling.

Interactive Activity: Sensory Writing Prompts

Engage in a group activity to write short descriptive passages using all five senses to describe a specific setting or experience.

Editing for Sensory Details

Learn to revise and edit writing to ensure that sensory details are effectively incorporated to create a rich reading experience.

Applying Senses to Different Genres

Explore how sensory writing can be applied to various genres such as fiction, poetry, and non-fiction to enrich storytelling.

Conclusion: Importance of Sensory Writing

Summarize the significance of using sensory details in creative writing to captivate readers and create immersive experiences.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.