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Title: Showing


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Showing
  • Showing is the writers ability to use precise
    observations, descriptive details, and expressive
    language to communicate emotion, evoke images,
    and present evidence.

2
Telling, not Showing
  • We played football. It was wet. I was cold.
    We scored a touchdown.

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Showing example
  • We had a football game in the rain. We were
    sliding and falling and getting wet. When I was
    sliding my feet were moving and my pants were
    getting wet from the groundthe ball was slippery
    and the ground was, too. Thats why we were
    falling and sliding to the touchdown.

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Techniques
  • Sensory details
  • Vivid descriptions with strong verbs

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Objective
  • Today we will focus on showing and write to a
    prompt.

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Showing
  • Showing is a writers ability to use detail or
    evidence to make a picture in the readers head.

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Telling
  • The party room looked great.

8
Showing
  • There were tons of colorful balloons. A table
    by the wall was filled with cookies, brownies,
    and a big birthday cake. Someone had even hung
    up a set of flashing lights.
  • What kind of a party do you think this sounds
    like?

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Showing to demonstrate a unique perspective
  • Each table in the room had a big vase of
    lowers. All the tablecloths were bright white
    and the silverware shone with polish. The
    windows showed a beautiful view of the water.

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Your turn!
  • The ice cream sundae looked delicious.
  • How could you tell the sundae would be delicious?
  • What did you notice about the different things
    your classmates thought make a delicious sundae.
  • How did our showing give the reader a sense of
    how the sundae looked?

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Use showing
  • Raise your hand if you have had a delicious meal
    at a restaurant.
  • Raise your hand if one of your family members has
    ever cooked an amazing meal.
  • Prompt
  • Describe the best meal you have ever tasted.
    Be sure to show what you had and how it tasted.
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