SHOW DON’T TELL

Can you try to describe how the

children are feeling without

saying simply – they were

happy??

How about this??

The children splashed their feet in the water with wide smiles covering their

faces. The water tickled their toes. It was the best holiday they had ever had.

Can you write a sentence in the same way? Have a go. Write here.

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Choose a picture

End

leaped answered dashed

ran picked snatched

phone smile beamed

Can you write a sentence to describe

how the girl in the picture feels? The

words above may help.

Back

clutching cradling staring

wearing holding leaning

shadowed bowed cuddling

Back

Can you write a sentence to describe how the girl in the

picture feels? The words above may help.

standing dark curtained

window table rigid

wide-eyed solemn bleak

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Can you write a sentence to describe how the boy in the

picture feels? The words above may help.

cuddled frowned gazed

clutched sulked bowed

dark shy protected

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Can you write a sentence to describe how the people in the

picture feel? The words above may help.