Year 10Creative Writing
Lesson Objectives
• To understand the importance of character in a story.
• To write a paragraph about a character which you have created.
• One of the reasons we read stories is to see the way characters behave. We get to know them at the start of the story and we follow their progress.
• The secret of showing your reader what a character is like lies in choosing your vocabulary carefully. One word can be a vital clue to what a character is thinking or feeling.
For example:
• The man shuffled towards the run-down house.
• Rita sat on the bottom step and placed her head in her hands.
• As he listened to the student’s story, Mr Smith’s hands tightened.
Hints!
• Keep your details brief and precise – not great slabs of description.
• Keep description visual – appearances, textures, colours, movements – to help your reader see the scene.
• Give specific details – ‘He ate his half-melted Kit-Kat’ is more interesting than ‘He ate his chocolate bar’.
Task
• Individually, think of a few details about a character.
• He /She needs a name and an age. Think about the type of person they are.
Write 4 objects that your character has in their bag or pocket.
• For Example, Mrs Leonard is 42 years old and has a champagne cork, pink lip gloss, a train ticket to Ascot and a wedding ring in her bag.
• Mr Lewis may have an expensive looking leather wallet containing several credit cards and a betting slip.
Write two paragraphs about the character your partner has created, making use of some of the items.
Think about:- Their family life Hobbies/Interests
Appearance Where they live Job