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Summary
We tell students to “show, not tell” in their writing, but this advice isn’t effective until they experience the difference. In this video, we’ll put a famous character (of students’ choosing) into a mundane situation and develop a fun scene to show off their main traits.
- Students pick a well-known character and put them into an everyday situation. They identify the character's main trait and come up with an event that will highlight that trait. They brainstorm ten *specific* ways that the character will show that trait (words they'll say, noises they'll make, actions they'll take, how they'll look, etc).
- Finally, they write up the situation - using their ten ideas to *show* the character's main trait. They'll also write a non-example in which they *only tell* the trait. No showing allowed!
