by melaniewp | Oct 12, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes
This is for anyone who is struggling with creative writing. Here are some examples using semantic fields, sensory language, metaphors and similes.Imagery means ‘word-pictures’. You’re painting a picture for the reader which should include a strong...
by melaniewp | Sep 4, 2013 | 11 plus, Common Entrance, Complex Sentences, Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing Paper
If you’re writing a story, how can you make your sentences more interesting? If you’re doing practice exams for Common Entrance or the 11 plus Writing Paper, these examples will help you raise your grade.Example Sentences:[1] There was a tree.Transform...
by melaniewp | Jul 8, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, English Language, GCSE, Tension
How can you make stories more exciting and tense?Look at this example of a student’s work:“I’m not going anywhere,” I said to myself.I went to the back of the car strangely greeted by dozens of books on the floor, – the title read “Return to Sender”....
by melaniewp | Jul 4, 2013 | Creative Writing, English, GCSE
Your teacher’s just told you to write a description of a place you’re familiar with. Now you’re having nightmares. How can you describe a boring place in an interesting way?Never fear, bag a few of these quality phrases to ‘add more...
by melaniewp | Jun 24, 2013 | Alan Wake, Character, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE
Here’s a lesson I did with a student to create a sense of character for a story he was writing based on Alan Wake.The character is looking at a brick wall which should not be there. It is impossible and now he is starting to panic.So how do we describe his...
by melaniewp | Jun 23, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, English Language Exam, GCSE, Writing
What is in a forest?branches, leaves, tree trunks, bushes, thickets, twigs, fallen branches and logs, leafmould, blackened, wet rotting leaves, mushrooms and fungi, weirdly coloured and rippled, growing from and on trees, like the side of a dinner plate, rust...
