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Peta Harnois

4 Ways to show not tell emotion.

Grades: 7th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Subjects: Multilingual Learners, English Language Arts

Student Instructions

Change the Telling sentence into a showing sentence or paragraph for each of the 4 descriptions. Action: What are they physically doing? Dialogue: What would they say if they were feeling this way? Thought/ Monologue: What would they say to themselves if they were feeling this way? Descriptive/Sensory Details: Using your senses change the telling sentence into a showing paragraph.

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