Adding a feeling to action

Are you revising 11+ creative writing at home with your child?

Little and often is a great way to refine sentence techniques.

So, here’s Tip 4 for your child. They’ll probably need about 10-15 minutes to read, digest, and write sentences.

Tip 4 for improving your action sentence is to add a character feeling.

Skill: Feeling + action

Start with the phrase ‘Even though’ + character + feeling + action 

Example 1 👇

Even though Yasim was petrified, he put on his finest hair and sunglass disguise and stepped into the room. 

Example 2 👇

Even though Sami was unsure, she put on a brave face and stood up to make her speech. 

Challenge 🔍

How many different sentences can you write for the picture on this post? The funnier, the better! You could choose your own image or revise something already written.

Here is a list of some feelings words. Use a thesaurus to look up more powerful synonyms for emotions such as ‘sad’, ‘happy’ and ‘scared’).

• Fearful
• Shy
• Unsure
• Angry
• Sad
• Disgusted
• Satisfied
• Contented
• Nervous
• Anxious
• Relieved
• Annoyed
• Raging
• Optimistic
• Agitated
• Resentful
• Dejected
• Fed up
• Disillusioned

 I hope you find this helpful to up-level your story action!

Anna 🙂