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When I visit schools I sometimes do a Show Not Tell writing activity with them. You may have tried this before. In May I visited
my nephew Will’s fourth grade class in Bellevue, Washington. They loved this activity.I wrote this telling sentence on the board:
Sra. Colyer’s class was misbehaving. Then the class made it come alive by adding all these details. They enjoyed doing it.
Do you think it’s more fun and descriptive to read? Brandon was jumping on the tables. Will threw a basketball at Taylor and then he started to scream. Sergio jumped through the closed window and broke the glass. Cory turned on the TV and started watching “Oprah.” Then Sra. Colyer stormed in and said, “What were you thinking?!?” Do you think it’s more fun and descriptive to read? I do.
Why don’t you try it with some of the sentences below? And use the “show don’t tell” technique in your writing as often as possible.
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John was bored.