Giving the Reader Clues! Level One - LKS2 Composition, Writing

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Check out my harder Level Two resource on 'show, don’t tell’ skills.

For practising ‘show, don’t tell’ and related writing and composition skills
This three-page worksheet encourages children to write using ‘show, don’t tell’ skills to the best of their ability. Children are asked to describe different scenarios and leave ‘clues’ for the reader. There are helpful prompts on each page.
Page 1 has a ‘show, don’t tell’ example paragraph on a location and children are asked to write a similar paragraph giving the reader clues to the location they write about.
Page 2 has a ‘show, don’t tell’ example paragraph on an emotion and children are asked to write a similar paragraph - giving the reader clues to the emotion they write about.
Page 3 has an extension task including a ‘show, don’t tell’ example paragraph on a place AND emotion and children are asked to write a similar paragraph - giving the reader clues to the place AND emotion they write about.
One child can work through all three sheets, or they can be used as standalone sheets.
Suitable for KS2 – For Year 3 or Year 4 as a main activity or for Year 5 and Year 6 as a starter / warm-up
For interactive users – textboxes are included to type inside.

Covers the following skills:
writing / composition
show, don’t tell
handwriting
comprehension

Year group: LKS2 and UKS2
Topic: Show, don’t tell
No. of pages: 3

Always Dyslexia-Friendly!
Sans serif font.
12pt minimum font size as far as possible
Clear, uniform spacing as far as possible

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