Contributor: Jennifer Blanchard. Lesson ID: 13515
What are your five senses? Did you know authors try to make your five senses come alive in books? Find out how!
In this lesson, you will learn that authors write certain words in their books to reach your senses.
They try to write words that will make you feel like you can:
This makes you more interested in the book. You will feel like you are right there in the story with the characters.
The first video you watched was a song about your senses. Now, let's read a book about the senses.
My Five Senses - (Read Aloud) from STEMHAX:
Some words are good at reaching your senses. Others don't reach your senses.
Let's look at words that don't reach your senses as well:
These words don't have lots of details and aren't describing words.
Now, let's look at words that reach your senses better:
These words are so detailed that you feel like you're there.
Let's practice in the Got It? section!