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Title: Writing Mini-Lesson


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Writing Mini-Lesson
  • Show, Dont Tell!

2
Show, Dont Tell!
  • I could hardly wait until my mom came home from
    the hospital with the new baby. The baby was
    cute.
  • OR.

3
Show, Dont Tell!
  • Melissa has big blue eyes, straight black hair,
    and soft skin. She has red cheeks, too. Her
    fingers and toes are tiny, and her clothes arent
    much bigger than an American Dolls.

4
Show, Dont Tell!
  • Please shut your eyes while I read this sentence
    to you
  • Mavis was angry when she heard what the umpire
    said.
  • What does that look like?

5
Show, Dont Tell!
  • Please shut your eyes again and listen to this
    sentence
  • Shaking her head back and forth, Mavis pounded
    home plate with her fist after the umpire
    shouted, Youre out!
  • Now what picture do you have in your head?

6
Show, Dont Tell
  • Strategies writers use to SHOW what is happening
    include
  • describing the characters actions rather than
    just saying how he or she feels.
  • using action verbs.
  • using similes and metaphors.
  • using dialogue.
  • Appealing to some of the five senses to paint a
    picture of what is happening.

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Show, Dont Tell
  • The girl cried a lot.
  • Describe the picture that this sentence paints in
    your mind.
  • What words could we use instead of girl? What are
    more specific words that mean cry?
  • How else can we say a lot?
  • Example The teenager threw herself on her bed
    and sobbed into her pillow until she fell asleep.
  • NOW YOU TRY IT!
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