Seluone ‘Show not Tell’ Task

Work with a partner to see if you can rewrite one of these  to ‘Show
not Tell’

I felt angry. My hands crunched to fist and then I kicked the door
and stomped out of the door.

It was a sunny day. The sun was so bright my eyes where red and
my face was sunburn and the clouds were nowhere to be seen.

It was cold at the beach. The water was grey, a reflection from
the sky, and the wind was cold it wiped tears from eyes
and the towels were wet from keeping the people dry.

Brainstorm as many different ideas as you can that show that it was cold at the beach.

Now try to write a paragraph using these ideas that shows it was cold at the beach,
without using the words beach or cold (don't just switch the word cold to another
adjective such as freezing as that is still just telling. - Try to show that you
are cold. Think about how you are feeling/what you are doing/what you see/
hear/feel to help show this.