📖 Part 1: Understanding Crayon Emotions

1. Read this letter from Red Crayon and circle the words that show how Red feels:

"Dear Duncan, I am absolutely exhausted! You use me for everything - fire engines, apples, strawberries, and even Santa's suit at Christmas. I need a break! Please give me some rest."

2. How does Red Crayon feel? Circle the best answer:

Happy and excited

Tired and overworked

Angry and mean

Scared and worried

3. Which words from the letter show Red's emotions? Tick all that apply:

"absolutely exhausted"

"fire engines"

"I need a break"

"Christmas"

💬 Part 2: Persuasive Language

4. Persuasive language tries to convince someone to do something. Circle the persuasive words in this sentence:

"You must understand that I am too tired. Please give me some rest!"

5. Match the persuasive words with their meanings:

1. Please

2. Must

3. Urgent

A. Very important, needs to happen now

B. A polite way to ask for something

C. Something that has to happen

6. Complete these persuasive sentences that a crayon might write:

You ________ stop using me so much because _________________.

________ understand that I feel _________________.

It is ________ that you listen to me because _________________.

✏️ Part 3: Sentence Starters

7. Use these sentence starters to write what different crayons might say. Complete each sentence:

I feel so... ________________________________________________

because _______________________________________________________________

If only Duncan would... _____________________________________

then I could ___________________________________________________________

I really want... ____________________________________________

because _______________________________________________________________

You must understand that... __________________________________

or else _______________________________________________________________

📝 Part 4: Crayon Diary Entry

8. Choose a crayon colour and write a diary entry from their perspective. Show their emotions and use persuasive language to explain their complaints or requests:

My crayon colour is: _______________________

9. Draw your crayon showing the emotion you wrote about: