Children's writing: using an emotion word to start a sentence - by Hannah

You have captured the mood of this picture with your writing, Hannah. It is packed with well-chosen language and punctuation techniques to help the reader imagine the situation that the men are in and their responses and emotions to this. It's absolutely excellent!

In our writing club class, we were learning about starting sentences with emotions words, and you have aced this! Here are the examples from your writing:

• Wary, Ben and Ren (the explorers) staggered into the heart of the Forgotten Forest…
• Exhausted after their hazardous journey,...
• Anxious, they gripped their daggers tighter for reassurance, but little did they know a beast was  watching their every move. 

Thanks so much for sharing your writing, Hannah.

Let's read your whole piece ...

The moon’s silhouette -which did not move an inch- was faint against the mysterious sky, that was as dark as the depths of the stormy seas. Wary, Ben and Ren (the explorers) staggered into the heart of the Forgotten Forest…

Exhausted after their hazardous journey, they set up a campfire to ward off monsters of any sort. Their trip was perilous , attacked by wolves, goblins and zombies, they barely survived! Did that matter? They were here now. As the warm, resplendent fire, spat hot ash at the hikers, a trail of footsteps echoed in the distance. Anxious, they gripped their daggers tighter for reassurance, but little did they know a beast was  watching their every move. Waiting. Waiting for the time to attack…