- English writing improves spoken English
  - Descriptive writing paints images in the reader's mind
    - Example: Description of a dress with white collar, long sleeves, and straight skirt
- Steps for descriptive writing
  - Choose a topic
    - Place: campus, home, mountains
    - Person: relatives, teachers
    - Object: present, toy, computer
    - Must be special to the writer
  - Consider spatial order
    - Left to right, middle to around, top to bottom
    - Example: Describing a person from head to feet
  - Use five senses
    - Sight: green trees, beautiful flowers
    - Hearing: train in distance, dog barking
    - Smell: grass, flavors in the air
    - Feeling: happiness, appreciation of nature
    - Example: Description of a vacant room using sight and hearing
- Not all details are useful
  - Focus on dominant characteristics
- Writing exercise: Describe pizza
  - Sight: Visual appearance
  - Smell: Tomato, cheese
  - Taste: Delicious
  - Feeling: Happiness while eating