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Grades level iconsGrades 9–12
Session time icon60+ Minutes
Genre information iconMemoir, Narrative
Video resource type iconVideos

Floor Plan

by Amy Dupcak, 826NYC
Writer and teaching artist with 826NYC, Amy Dupcak, shares a memoir writing prompt that helps students use specific sensory language to describe a place they love.
About the Author

Amy Dupcak Remland is a writer, editor, tutor, and creative writing instructor based in New York City. Amy is the author of Dust, a short story collection, and she is a Teaching Artist with 826NYC.

What Your Students Will Learn

You will learn how to use sensory language and telling details to describe a setting.

Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D Common Core Standards Icon
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D Common Core Standards Icon
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
What You Will Do

STEP 1

First, watch the video. Then, answer this question in your writing journal: “What is a home or an apartment that you don’t currently live in that you can picture vividly? Who does it belong to, and why can you picture it so well?”

STEP 2

A floor plan is a tool that is used to determine the size and flow of rooms in houses and other buildings: It gives a top-down view of the layout, as well as labels doors and windows. On page 1 of the Floor Plan—Handouts, create a basic floor plan of the place you can picture vividly. The floor plan Amy drew in the video is provided as an example on page 2.

 (Hint: In future steps, you will be adding a lot of details to your floor plan, so try to draw it as big as you can.)

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