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Grade 2 Writing Worksheet - Building Confidence
Rewrite the short story with as many details as you can. Show, don't tell!
Read this first
We went to the park on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. I played on the swings with my friend Sam.
We were very hungry.
Write your new story here.
Good writers show what happened instead of just telling it. Telling says, we had fun. Showing says, we raced down the slide and laughed until our cheeks hurt. This worksheet gives your child a short story made of plain telling sentences, and your child rewrites it with as many details as they can: what they could see, hear, feel, smell or taste. There is no single right answer, so look for sentences that paint a picture and use specific words.
Start by choosing one telling sentence and asking, what did that look like? What did it sound like? Then let your child write the rest alone, keeping the story in the same order. A few plain details, such as the colour of the sky, the sound of a laugh or the taste of a snack, are enough to make a sentence come alive.
Common Core standard: W.2.3
Tell: We had fun. Show: We raced down the slide and laughed until our cheeks hurt.
Rewriting each sentence with the same words, or only adding the word very.
Ask yourself what you could see, hear or feel, and write that.
Rewriting each sentence with the same words, or only adding the word very.
Ask yourself what you could see, hear or feel, and write that.
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