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Starter

What’s The Story?


Students could look at the picture on the PowerPoint and create some initial
impressions of the scene. This starts them thinking creatively about the prompt
and will be returned to later in the lesson.

Main Activities

Creative Writing
GCSE Creative Writing A reminder of the theme of this scheme of work, the PowerPoint slide hones in
on the aspect of AO5 which will be the focus of this lesson.
L3: Describing Place
Teaching Ideas Sensory Description
Students return to the picture from the starter and create elements of description
Learning Objective: based on sensory input. There is a Sensory Description Worksheet where they
To write a clear, effective and can record their thoughts, if needed.
imaginative description of a
scene.
Zooming In
Now students have created some basic descriptive phrases or ideas, they can
Success Criteria: develop some in more detail. The PowerPoint explains how to move from general
• To create sensory imagery. to particular detail. Students don’t have to be confined by the picture – if they can
• To explore moving from imagine other features of the room, they can develop these.
general to particular detail.
• To identify and then apply Paint a Picture with Words
ways to upgrade descriptive Next, students compare the two descriptive passages on the PowerPoint and
writing. decide which is better. Can they identify how or why one is more effective? Once
they have done this, they could use some of the techniques to upgrade their own
Context writing.
This is the third in a series
of lessons exploring the
creative writing (narrative
Plenary
and descriptive) component
of GCSE English Language. 3-2-1
As there are different Finally, students should recall: three things to remember when describing a
requirements for different scene; two ways to make their writing more effective; one phrase they have
exam boards, these lessons written today which they are proud of. These could be shared as a class or
focus on the skills needed written down on sticky notes as exit passes.
rather than the precise format
of the exam question. As such,
they’re suitable preparation
for all of the exam boards.

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