This engaging activity is a great change of pace for the classroom. The activity starts with a simple message on the board “The teacher is angry.”  The instructor is to stomp around, drop books and glare—anything to show anger. The children must describe in writing the actions that display the rage of the teacher. This moves to a discussion where they share their descriptions and create robust paragraphs. The group activity reinforces the lesson as the students draw and present the details of one of the "telling sentences" strips.