Do It Implicitly

Worksheet Description

The “Show Don’t Tell” worksheet is a writing organizer that assists students in the development of characters for storytelling. It provides a table with two columns where students can list traits of their main character on the left and describe how they will show these traits through the character’s actions, dialogue, or behavior on the right. The worksheet is designed to help students think deeply about how to reveal their character’s personality indirectly, making their writing more vivid and engaging. This format encourages not just the listing of traits but the planning of how to integrate those traits seamlessly into a narrative.

The worksheet teaches students the critical writing technique of showing rather than telling to express character traits. By filling out this organizer, students learn to avoid explicit statements about a character’s personality and instead demonstrate those traits through the narrative. This method trains students to convey information in a way that is more compelling to the reader, as it involves them in the process of discovering the character’s nature. Ultimately, it aims to foster more dynamic and interactive storytelling skills among budding writers.