Show Don't Tell Writing PowerPoint: Writing Lesson and Flipbook Activity

Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce the "show; don't tell" writing strategy to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This effective writing strategy is designed to help students use descriptive words and sentences in order to improve the quality of their writing pieces.

This writing resource contains two engaging activities:

1. 23-slide PowerPoint
2. Flipbook- As students progress through Slides 11-23 of the PowerPoint, they can record the sentences that appear in the PowerPoint in their own flipbook. When complete, this 8-page flipbook becomes an amazing reference tool that they will want to keep in their writing folders! Students will refer to this flipbook for the rest of the school year as they write their narrative and persuasive essays! Furthermore, the flipbook is available in both printable and digital format.

HERE'S THE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE POWERPOINT:

Slides 1-4: Explanation of what "Show, Don't Tell" means!

Slides 5-10: Showing Sentence or Telling Sentence? Two sentences are provided on each slide. Students must determine which sentence shows, and which sentence tells.

Slides 11-18: Focusing on Emotions when Showing Sentence charts are providing for six emotions (nervous, happy, scared, angry, sad, & tired). Students consider what happens with their hands, heart, face, feet, and other body parts when they feel a certain emotion. They fill in their chart with related showing sentences.

Slides 19-23: Revising Telling Sentences Not Related to Emotions Students revise four telling sentences and make them showing sentences.

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!

Here's what teachers like you have to say about using this writing PowerPoint to teach kids how to SHOW rather than TELL:

⭐️ Sylvia G. said, "This was great to get the kids see the difference between showing and telling in their writing. I loved hearing the students later saying that's an example of showing not telling."

⭐️ Treva L. said, "This PowerPoint was great to show my class the difference between showing and telling in their writing. I can already see their writing improving."

⭐️ Claire S. said, "Thank you, this PowerPoint was so helpful for demonstrating this important writing skill and resulted in some great writing from my students."

⭐️ Jamye P. said, "One of the best items to teach descriptive writing on the market."

⭐️ Marie B. said, "LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! Excellent from start to finish and a must to have when teaching this skill!"

Please note: You DO have my permission to convert this PowerPoint to Google Slides, and to share it with your students via Google Classroom. (A Google link is not provided, but you may upload the PowerPoint to Google yourself, if you wish.)

This PowerPoint cannot be edited due to the copyright requirements made by the contributing artists (clip art, font, background).

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