# Lesson 20: Describe magical worlds or creatures

✍️ WRITING (40 Lessons) • 🟡 C. Creative Writing

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## Objective

I can write vivid descriptions of a magical world or creature using sensory details (see, hear, smell, taste, touch) and clear rules/limits that make the fantasy feel real.

## Materials

- Pencil ✏️ and eraser
- Notebook or device
- Tracing Pad (below)

Tip: Show, don’t tell. Replace general words (nice, cool) with precise ones (peppermint wind, glassy river, mossy steps).

## Mini-lesson — Make fantasy feel real

1. Sensory details: What do people see, hear, smell, taste, touch there?
2. Specific nouns & strong verbs: Use antlered stag-dragon vs animal; glimmered vs was shiny.
3. Rules & limits: When does magic work? What does it cost?
4. Consistency: Keep the rules steady so readers trust the world.
5. Compare & contrast: One detail compared to something known helps (e.g., as cold as marble).

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## Guided Practice — Sensory sketch + rules

Trace these key words, then list 2 sensory details and 1 magic rule for your idea:

- Key words: glimmer, mossy, ember, scale, rule
- Example (world): The air smells like mint and rain. Bridges hum softly at night. Magic works only at moonrise.
- Example (creature): Its scales feel like cool coins. It speaks in wind-chime notes. It forgets its power after sunrise.

Tracing Pad
Lines
Letter
Pen

## Drag & Drop — Build vivid, rule-based sentences

Drag the chips to make clear sentences that show sensory detail and a rule or limit. Keep punctuation at the end.

Lanterns purred softly as minty fog curled over the bridge.
Scales felt like cool coins and chimed when the dragon breathed out.
Magic only works at moonrise and costs one truthful memory.
River stones tasted like pepper and sparked when tossed together.
The gate hummed in a low note nobody could hear after sunrise.
Because the forest keeps its own clock paths slide to new places at dusk.
The creature feared bells and hid whenever the church rang noon.
Its breath smelled like warm vanilla and left glitter on the window.
Travelers wore ember pins because tunnels opened only for gentle light.
Footprints tasted like copper and showed the last mood of the walker.
The city sky smelled like oranges when doors to the market of storms opened.
Finally the rules kept danger small and the travelers could rest.

## Quick Check (15 questions)

#### 1) “Show, don’t tell” means…

telling readers the theme using sensory details so readers imagine it adding many exclamation points

#### 2) A good rule for magic is…

anything can happen anytime rules change for no reason limits that guide what is possible

#### 3) Which is most vivid?

The river glittered like broken glass. The river was nice. The river exists.

#### 4) Pick the sound detail.

smooth as silk bells clanged in the fog tastes like mint

#### 5) A world feels fair when…

the writer changes rules to save the hero there are no rules the same rules apply to everyone

#### 6) Strong verb:

glimmered was thing

#### 7) Best smell detail:

good warm vanilla drifted from the cave scent

#### 8) Which adds a clear limit?

The spell fades at noon. Magic is random. Magic is big.

#### 9) Strong noun choice:

thing animal stag-dragon

#### 10) Which shows texture?

bright rough moss scratched my palm loud

#### 11) Good comparison:

like cool coins like thing like stuff

#### 12) Consistent rules help readers…

feel confused skip details trust the story’s world

#### 13) Choose the best revision.

The tunnel smelled like oranges and rain. The tunnel is cool. The tunnel was a tunnel.

#### 14) Which sentence follows the rule?

Magic wakes at midnight, except today. Magic wakes at midnight, every night. Magic is nothing.

#### 15) Best “show, don’t tell” for fear:

My hands shook as bells clanged. I was scared. It happened.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

At least 3 sensory details are used (sight/sound/smell/taste/touch) Includes specific nouns & strong verbs States at least one clear rule/limit for the world or creature Descriptions are consistent with the stated rules

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 My world/creature feels real with strong details and rules 🙂 I need more precise nouns or verbs 😅 I need clearer rules/limits

#### I will practice…

Adding one detail for each sense Replacing general words with specific ones Writing one clear rule/limit
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