The Park The clouds in the sky create a nice cool blanket from the hot sun. I can smell the rain that was once falling. The sound from the cars and the people create a nice little harmony that one could easily lay down and relax to. Not too far off in the distance I see the old softball stadium. And scattered around the park are huge oak trees. I can also see the playground, …showed first 75 words of 809 total…

…showed last 75 words of 809 total…assignment forced me to realize how helpful it is to use writing strategies. I now see how helpful it is to first think about how I can describe something so that the reader knows exactly what I see and then use a strategy to actually describe it. This writing assignment also showed me that by using these strategies it makes it very easy to get both a positive and negative description out of one scene.