10 week CREATIVE WRITING COURSE - Learn how to write to impress- suitable for advanced year 4s,5 & 6
Mondays 6:30- 7:30 Jan 13, 20,27 Feb 3, 10 March 3,10,17 ,24,31
Creative Writing Course Overview (10 Weeks)
Week 1: Idea Generation and Building a Narrative
Brainstorming techniques (mind maps, word associations)
Developing simple plots and characters
Week 2: Descriptive Writing and Expanding Vocabulary
Sensory details and figurative language (similes, metaphors)
Describing settings and characters in depth
Week 3: Dialogue and Character Voice
Purpose of dialogue (revealing character, advancing plot)
Punctuation rules and formatting
Week 4: Diary Entry and Personal Reflection
Writing in the first person with emotive language
Expressing thoughts and feelings authentically
Week 5: Persuasive Writing
Crafting strong arguments and counterarguments
Persuasive techniques (rhetorical questions, emotive language)
Week 6: Narrative Writing and Building Suspense
Story structure (beginning, middle, end)
Building tension and climax
Week 7: Report Writing
Structuring reports (headings, subheadings, formal tone)
Writing factual, unbiased pieces
Week 8: Newspaper Article Writing
Headline creation, using quotes, and structuring articles
Distinguishing between fact and opinion
Week 9: Writing from Different Perspectives
Exploring different narrative viewpoints (first person, third person)
Week 10: Discursive Writing and Balanced Arguments
Structuring balanced essays
Presenting multiple viewpoints
Throughout:
Students select one piece of writing from the course to improve and develop
Teacher feedback and peer review
Dialogue will be integrated into narrative, diary, and discursive tasks to show character development and emotion.
Picture prompts will be used regularly to inspire creativity .
Instructional prompts (e.g., "Describe a storm as if you were the wind") will encourage imaginative thinking and deeper detail.
Emphasis on redrafting and editing to pay attention to SPaG and coherence