Group Activity

Many of you have probably heard the rule "Don't just show, tell, too!" Telling refers to summarizing. Showing refers to giving the reader concrete details that make the story come alive for her. Showing can be a very challenging part of retelling a personal experience.

Working with a partner, flip through Ch. 7 & 8 of The Help and look for sensory details. These are almost always an example of showing. Copy and paste this chart to one of your blogs and fill it in with examples.

Partner's Name:

See
Hear
Smell
Taste
Feel

When you are finished, copy and paste the chart into a new blog entry and begin to fill in some of the sensory details that are part of the experience you're retelling in your own essay.