{"id":71,"date":"2016-11-15T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:57:09","slug":"show-not-tell-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Show not Tell\u2019 Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A good writer shows emotions through &lsquo;<u>actions<\/u>&rsquo; rather than using the emotional word. Just think, if I told you a really evil looking wizard was kind and loving would you believe me? Would you be more likely to believe me if I showed you him being loving and kind through his actions? Make your reader BELIEVE your characters. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a fantasy character from the pictures below and describe them by SHOWING their actions not TELLING what they are like. Make the character believable for your reader. Homework due: Tuesday 22nd November<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Verbs: <\/strong>How they enter? (do they shuffle, stride, skip etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adverbs: <\/strong>How they move? (confidently, cautiously, briskly etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Similes: <\/strong>Could you compare them to an animal? What could you compare their eyes\/hair\/smile etc. to?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Metaphors:<\/strong>g. his hands were flat spiders; she had a heart of stone<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are their facial features like? <\/strong>(E.g. small, shifty eyes could indicate they&rsquo;re secretive; rotten teeth might suggest they neglect themselves)<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are they wearing? <\/strong>Style of clothes and colours? (E.g. brightly coloured clothes = confident)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/331da5c79500e461b15c45e07d3865e1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/331da5c79500e461b15c45e07d3865e1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"mermaid\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/8606fb1c571c0522e9d0d6d6b6869ae4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/8606fb1c571c0522e9d0d6d6b6869ae4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"fantasy 2\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/attachment\/1424921655241523372\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/1424921655241523372-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"woods\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/b4274468b3e025dcbed3b8942cc66e15\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/b4274468b3e025dcbed3b8942cc66e15-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"fantasy 1\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/d4f7eb94cacdbd7c10205989c3d2cec3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/d4f7eb94cacdbd7c10205989c3d2cec3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"unicorn\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/download\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/download-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"fantasy\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/dragon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/dragon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"dragon\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/ice_queen_of_the_winter_by_annemaria48-d6wp681\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/ice_queen_of_the_winter_by_annemaria48-d6wp681-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ice_queen_of_the_winter\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/spellcasting_2a_265\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/spellcasting_2a_265-150x150.png\" alt=\"spellcasting\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/wizard_final\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/files\/2016\/11\/Wizard_Final-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"wizard\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good writer shows emotions through &lsquo;actions&rsquo; rather than using the emotional word. Just think, if I told you a really evil looking wizard was kind and loving would you believe me? Would you be more likely to believe me if I showed you him being loving and kind through his actions? Make your reader &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/kpsp71617\/2016\/11\/15\/show-not-tell-homework\/\">Continue reading <span>&lsquo;Show not Tell&rsquo; Homework<\/span> <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/aggregate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}