feelings:emotions writing mini lesson
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Why add feelings?• So your reader can
understand what is happening with the characters in your story.
• They help the readers stay engaged with your story.
• They help the reader understand the problem and the solution in your story.
Joy• Situation: Joy finds out she
won the lottery!
• Boring sentence: “I felt happy I won the lottery!”
• Instead, what would Joy be doing to show she’s happy?
Sadness• Situation: Sadness find out
her pet cat ran away.
• Boring sentence: “I felt sad that my cat ran away.”
• Instead, what would Sadness do to show she was unhappy?
Anger• Situation: Anger had to
stay inside and do chores on a beautiful Saturday.
• Boring sentence: “I’m so mad I have to do chores today!”
• Instead, what would Anger do to show he was angry?
Fear• Situation: Fear saw a
ferocious, hungry bear standing three feet in front of him!
• Boring sentence: “I’m so scared of this bear!”
• Instead, what would Fear be doing to show he was afraid?
Disgust• Situation: Disgust smelled
three week old garbage that Joy forgot to take out (again).
• Boring sentence: “That garbage is disgusting!”
• Instead, what would disgust do to show she was disgusted?