by melaniewp | May 6, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Model Essays
This is a creative writing / descriptive writing piece to help with the GCSE and IGCSE English Language exam, for non-fiction (autobiographical) writing, and fiction. If you’re super bright, or applying for a scholarship, you may also find this helpful for...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Short Stories, The Monkey's Paw, Third Person
This story is scary. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…The Monkey’s PawW.W. Jacobs, 1902WITHOUT, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess,...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Short Stories, Third Person
The Gift of the MagiO. HenryOne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | 11+, AQA, Cambridge, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, Edexcel, GCSE, IGCSE, OCR
This post will show you how to get the highest grades in your Creative writing. Get tips and tricks to make your writing easier, more fun, and more successful.Creative writing is a fair chunk of coursework for IGCSE and controlled assessments. It comes up in the...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Creative Writing, Of Mice and Men, Pathetic Fallacy, Setting
This example of setting, mood and atmosphere is from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, from the final chapter which returns to the setting from the start of the book. The location is Salinas, California.The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the...
by melaniewp | Apr 1, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, Describing Words, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, SATs KS2, Sensory Language, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
If you want to write a story with more interesting description, try this – from age 8 to age 18. Sometimes a thesaurus is too big, too hard to use and you don’t know what word you’re looking for anyway. This sheet is for inspiration for stories....
