Are your students struggling to show emotions, actions and settings instead of telling them?
These Show Don't Tell Setting Photo & Passage Prompts provide a low-prep, highly structured approach to descriptive writing. Using photo and passage prompts, students can brainstorm what they'd see, hear, smell, feel and taste before writing, helping them show setting details, atmosphere and sensory elements with greater confidence and independence.
Photo prompts, passage prompts, brainstorm boxes and writing checklists help students generate and organise descriptive language at the point of writing, reducing cognitive load and supporting independent descriptive writing.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Daily descriptive writing practice
🌿 Writing warm-ups, fast finishers or literacy rotations
🌿 Homework or consolidation tasks
🌿 Small-group intervention
🌿 Whole-class modelling and explicit instruction
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
𓅦 40 Photo & Passage Prompt Cards
𓅦 Customisation Options
2 prompt card templates to choose from
𓅦 Multiple Formats
Print-ready PDF
Google Slides
Microsoft PowerPoint
Photo & passage only presentation
𓅦 Editable Templates
Canva template
Microsoft PowerPoint template
Insert your own images and passages, and customise the checklists
𓅦 Student Writing Supports
Writing checklists included on every prompt card
Printable checklist slips for student workbooks
𓅦 Resource Guide PDF
Setup instructions
Quick access links to Google resources and Canva templates
Teaching suggestions
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
Designed to build confident, independent writers, these Show Don't Tell Setting Prompts help students generate, organise and write descriptive texts that show setting details, atmosphere and sensory elements. Multiple brainstorm, checklist and format options make it easy to choose the version that best suits your teaching preferences and student needs.
EDITABLE TEMPLATES
Editable Canva and Microsoft PowerPoint templates allow you to:
insert your own images and passages
customise the writing checklists
Please note: The page design, headings and instructional text are fixed.
Are your students struggling to show emotions, actions and settings instead of telling them?
These Show Don't Tell Setting Photo & Passage Prompts provide a low-prep, highly structured approach to descriptive writing. Using photo and passage prompts, students can brainstorm what they'd see, hear, smell, feel and taste before writing, helping them show setting details, atmosphere and sensory elements with greater confidence and independence.
Photo prompts, passage prompts, brainstorm boxes and writing checklists help students generate and organise descriptive language at the point of writing, reducing cognitive load and supporting independent descriptive writing.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Daily descriptive writing practice
🌿 Writing warm-ups, fast finishers or literacy rotations
🌿 Homework or consolidation tasks
🌿 Small-group intervention
🌿 Whole-class modelling and explicit instruction
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
𓅦 40 Photo & Passage Prompt Cards
𓅦 Customisation Options
2 prompt card templates to choose from
𓅦 Multiple Formats
Print-ready PDF
Google Slides
Microsoft PowerPoint
Photo & passage only presentation
𓅦 Editable Templates
Canva template
Microsoft PowerPoint template
Insert your own images and passages, and customise the checklists
𓅦 Student Writing Supports
Writing checklists included on every prompt card
Printable checklist slips for student workbooks
𓅦 Resource Guide PDF
Setup instructions
Quick access links to Google resources and Canva templates
Teaching suggestions
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
Designed to build confident, independent writers, these Show Don't Tell Setting Prompts help students generate, organise and write descriptive texts that show setting details, atmosphere and sensory elements. Multiple brainstorm, checklist and format options make it easy to choose the version that best suits your teaching preferences and student needs.
EDITABLE TEMPLATES
Editable Canva and Microsoft PowerPoint templates allow you to:
insert your own images and passages
customise the writing checklists
Please note: The page design, headings and instructional text are fixed.
