RCI-15092 · Descriptive Writing

Descriptive Writing — Educator / Community Leader Advanced Creative Challenge · 1-to-1

Use precise sensory language and imagery to create vivid places, people and moments. This version is designed for adults supporting readers at advanced level through personalised individual tuition.

Educator / Community LeaderAdvanced1-to-1Creative Challenge5 learning hours
Reading Club International visual
outcomescourse journeyprogression

What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure sensory detail with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Develop increasingly independent imagery with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Develop applied word choice with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Develop confident atmosphere with sophisticated analysis and control.
  • Apply Descriptive Writing skills through playful creation appropriate to adults supporting readers.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Notice MoreFocus: sensory detail

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 2 · Choose Strong WordsFocus: imagery

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 3 · Create ImagesFocus: word choice

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

Unit 4 · Build AtmosphereFocus: atmosphere

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to adults supporting readers.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Educator / Community Leader learners (adults supporting readers) who want to develop sensory detail, imagery, word choice, atmosphere at Advanced level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Descriptive Writing, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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