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Writing to Show, Not Tell: Dialogue, Sensory Words, and Strong Action Verbs

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Consume, gobble, devour ... serving up strong verbs! Writers focus on using dialogue, strong action verbs, and sensory details in their writing. After analyzing a model narrative, they apply their learning to their own hero's journey drafts in an effort to show not tell. 

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
show not tell, action verbs, sensory details, Narrative Writing, the hero's journey, percy jackson and the olympians: the lightning thief, writing dialogue
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Share several examples of vivid writing
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires familiarity with The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  • Lesson five of seven from the Grade 6 ELA Module 1, Unit 3 series
Pros
  • Offers techniques for meeting the needs of all learning styles
  • Includes helpful teaching notes
Cons
  • None
Common Core
W.6.3.b W.6.3.d