{"product_id":"show-don-t-tell-the-ultimate-writing-toolkit-narrative-writing-activities","title":"Show, Don’t Tell: The Ultimate Writing Toolkit | Narrative Writing Activities","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eHelp your students move beyond sentences like \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003e“She was nervous”\u003c\/span\u003e or \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003e“He was excited”\u003c\/span\u003e and start creating writing that allows the reader to \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003esee, feel and experience the moment!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eShow, Don’t Tell Writing Bundle\u003c\/span\u003e is designed for upper primary students and breaks this important narrative writing skill into \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003ethree clear, progressive parts\u003c\/span\u003e. Students begin by learning how writers reveal emotions through clues, then practise applying different techniques before putting everything together in their own extended writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThroughout the resource, students explore \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003e5 Ways to Show\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e👀 \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eFacial Expressions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e🧍 \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eBody Language\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e🏃 \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eActions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e💬 \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eDialogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e❤️ \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eInner Reactions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e✏️ What's Included?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003ePART 1 — Learn It \u0026amp; Spot It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eStudents are introduced to Show, Don’t Tell and learn how to recognise the clues writers use to reveal a character’s emotions. Activities encourage students to become “emotion detectives” and infer feelings rather than relying on emotion words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003ePART 2 — Practise It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eStudents develop their skills through engaging, scaffolded activities including sentence glow-ups, body language vocabulary, dialogue challenges, picture prompts and different writing situations. Students experiment with combining techniques to create stronger, more engaging descriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003ePART 3 — Apply It \u0026amp; Write\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eStudents put everything they have learned into practice with more independent writing tasks. With less scaffolding and more room to write, students create complete moments and narrative scenes where their character’s emotions are revealed naturally through their writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eWhy Teachers Will Love It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis resource progresses from \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eexplicit teaching → guided practice → independent application\u003c\/span\u003e, making it easy to use across several writing lessons or as part of a narrative writing unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eRather than simply giving students lists of descriptive words, the activities encourage them to think like authors: \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eWhat would the character do? What would their body reveal? What might they say? What is happening inside them?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style-position: outside; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eYears 4-6 \/ Upper Primary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eNarrative and creative writing units\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eExplicit writing lessons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eLiteracy rotations and writing centres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eIndependent writing practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eEarly finishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eRevision and consolidation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;\"\u003eCasual\/substitute teacher lessons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: #222222; font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000;\"\u003eGive your students the tools to stop telling their readers what a character feels — and start showing them!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TeachingbyA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46975113232545,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/8703\/6577\/files\/LF4b9Z65JL.png?v=1788673697","url":"https:\/\/shareify.com.au\/products\/show-don-t-tell-the-ultimate-writing-toolkit-narrative-writing-activities","provider":"SHAREIFY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}