Language and Grammar: Describe

Describe a Picture Look back at the illustrations for the three myths. Decide which one is your favorite. Then describe it. Use prepositions to add details to your sentences.

Three men climb up a hill. There is a bear in the sky.

Writing and Grammar: Write About a Character in Space

Study the Models When you write a story, you can use prepositional phrases to add interesting details.

Not Ok

Rana fell asleep. She started to dream. She zoomed through a galaxy. The view was amazing. Rana’s home planet looked like a tiny, blue ball.

These are not enough details. The reader wonders: “What did she dream about? What was she traveling in?”

Ok

Rana fell asleep at ten o’clock. She started to dream about an unusual journey across the Milky Way. She zoomed through the galaxy in a silver spacecraft with wings as bright as stars. The view of Earth from space was amazing. Rana’s home planet looked like a tiny, blue ball.

Here, the writer uses prepositional phrases to add details and make the writing more interesting.

Add Sentences Think of two sentences to add to the OK model above. Use prepositional phrases to add details.

Illustration of a pen iconWRITE ON YOUR OWN Imagine a character who is traveling in space. Write about what happens. Use prepositions like the ones below to add details to your sentences.

REMEMBER

LocationDirectionTimeOrigin
in/onup/downatfrom
above/overthroughin
below/underacrosson
beside/next tointo
The astronaut floats in space.

The astronaut floats in space.