Show, Don't Tell - Writing About Emotions!

This engaging and highly-purposeful lesson enables children to write about emotions and feelings using vivid imagery.

Children learn how to show, not tell in their writing, focusing on precise details relating the senses. This helps to make their writing more immersive - painting an image in the mind of the reader with their words.

Children learn through:
-Defining and understanding what is meant by showing, not telling;
-Considering how each of the major emotions/ feelings can be shown;
-Turning their ‘showing’ simple sentences into compound and complex sentences;
-Editing and enhancing their showing sentences through consideration of precise verbs, adverbs and the use of analogies.

Provided in this resource pack are:
-Colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, offering a step-by-step guide through the lesson;
-Showing Emotions table template;
-Showing Emotions helpsheet (for LAP students).

The worksheets/ templates are provided as Word (for ease of editing) and PDF (to prevent formatting issues between devices).
The lesson was originally created for children in upper KS2, however with minor adaptations could easily be suitable for those in lower KS2 or lower KS3.