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.

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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.

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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.