Curio Class
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Show, Don't Tell
Each card holds a telling sentence (Maya was nervous); students read a scene to collect what a character thinks, says and does, rewrite the card to show the feeling instead, and the class guesses the hidden feeling from their version.
- Play style
- Card Game
- Module
- Showing Character Through Details: Describe a character in depth from thoughts, words and actions; write scenes that show it
- Grade
- Grade 4 · English Language Arts
- Standards
RL.4.3W.4.3
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