Imagery Lesson for English

1. Imagery
In your books match up the types of imagery with the sense that it appeals to!
1) Visual
2) Tactile
3) Auditory
4) Olfactory
a) Smell
b) Touch
c) Sight
d) Hearing
Starter:

2. Learning Objectives
• To know how to use creative writing
techniques to engage your reader.

3. Imagery
Imagery is a technique using
imaginative and descriptive
words to paint a picture in the
reader’s head.

4. Types of Imagery
In your books match up the types of imagery with the
1) Visual
2) Tactile
sense that it appeals to!
3) Auditory
4) Olfactory
a) Smell
b) Touch
c) Sight
d) Hearing

5. Think, pair, share
It was in the clove of seasons, summer was
dead but autumn had not yet been born, that
the ibis sat in the bleeding tree.
Type of bird!
•What type of imagery is created here?
•What is the effect of it?
•What do you think the story will be about?
•Image of pain and
death
•A connation of the
colour red is danger

6. Annotate the text
What type of imagery is used? Underline it.
1) Visual
2) Auditory
3) Olfactory
Extension – can you find...
•A simile
•Personification
What is the effect of the
imagery? – What kind of
atmosphere is created?

7. SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
In pairs write a description of your picture
without saying what it is…

9. Plenary: Self-Assessment
• 1 point for every instance of imagery
• 1 point for every type of imagery you used
• 2 points for every time you used a simile,
alliteration, metaphor and personification.
What did you score?

10. What techniques has the author used
to make this description effective?

11. What techniques has the author used
to make this description effective?
Short introductory
sentence – sets the scene
Colon
introducing a
list
Semi colon
splitting up
the
descriptions
(writing a lot
about a little!)
Two simple
sentences
for impact

12. Describing a scene
Watch this clip carefully as this is the scene you will be
describing in detail!
1st sentence – Short
introduction about the
girl
1. Describe the
men at the bar
– what do they
look like (use an
interesting
verb)
2. Describe the
painted faces in
the crowds (use
a simile!)
3. Describe the
town – (Use
personification
to describe the
buildings or
the streets)
Ending
Two short
sentences to build
tension – what
might happen to
the girl?

13. Peer assessment
Has your partner included... Tick/cross
Good use of simple punctuation (full stops/commas)
A range of punctuation (colons and semi-colons)
Complex sentences
Short sentences for impact
Long descriptive sentences
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Ambitious vocabulary (words you have not heard of before!)
TOTAL /9
9 = A
7-8 = B
5-6 = C
4 or below = D

14. Success Criteria
C
• Detailed descriptions
• Some use of different
techniques and vocabulary
• Some complex sentences
and good use of simple
punctuation
A
Ambitious and imaginative
vocabulary
Writing techniques used to
engage the reader
Range of accurate
punctuation used
B
• Writing techniques and
vocabulary used carefully
to engage the reader
• Varied sentences and
accurate punctuation