City and Wild

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen descriptive and analytical writing by crafting two contrasting place descriptions: one urban environment and one natural setting. Using guided prompts, students include details about structures, scenery, movement, sounds, and atmosphere, then reflect on similarities and differences between the two locations. The activity builds sensory writing, comparison skills, and thoughtful word choice while reinforcing clear paragraph structure.

Learning Goals

• Setting Description (Grades 4-6) – Write clear, vivid descriptions of both urban and natural environments.
• Compare and Contrast Writing – Identify meaningful similarities and differences between two settings.
• Sensory and Imagery Use – Apply sights, sounds, movement, and atmosphere to bring places to life.
• Vocabulary and Word Choice – Select and reflect on effective descriptive words and phrases.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support descriptive and compare-and-contrast writing standards.
• Guided Writing Prompts – Helps students include key details without feeling overwhelmed.
• Built-In Reflection – Encourages students to analyze their own descriptive choices.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Works well for writing workshops, independent practice, small groups, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students understand how different environments can be described clearly and vividly using sensory language. By writing about both a city and a wild setting, learners build confidence in descriptive detail, comparison thinking, and paragraph organization. It is a simple, no-prep resource for classroom and homeschool settings that strengthens setting description, imagery, and expressive writing skills.

This worksheet is part of our Describing Places (Real and Imaginary) Worksheets collection.