Creative writing resources

Resource 1
The door is opened by Hair like …
this gentleman … Hair as grey as
Eyes like …
…
Staring at
As tall as … me like …
He _______
over me. Eyebrows
like …
Shoulders
like …
He walked Bow-tie like …
like … As smart as …
His
movements A suit as
were … black as …
He smells of …
You must use at least three He smells like …
similes. A faint odour of …
 Resource 2
You are going to produce a narrative piece
of writing.
The genre is the gothic
Imagine you have woken up in the middle
of a graveyard at night.
What would you hear, see, taste, touch,
smell?
Write the opening of a story based on the
information I have given you. Use the
images to help you with the scenery.
Challenge: You must include a minimum of
2 language techniques e.g.
Metaphor, simile, personification,
alliteration, repetition, sibilance, pathetic
fallacy, onomatopoeia
Sentence starters:
I felt a cold swift of air creep up against my
spine…
I saw a crooked finger point towards me
out of the grave…
 Resource 2
Extended Writing
LO: To practise our descriptive writing skills
Do Now:

If you were at
this
abandoned
theme park,
what would
you be able
to see/ hear/
taste/smell/fe
el?
 Nervously, I…… The train was as…. The ground below me felt like…
The abandoned roller coaster felt It sounded as though… Anxiously, I climbed over the…
like… Petrified, I….. Rubble fell on me as….
It made me feel as though…

Eerily, the merry go round…. The slide was covered in… it smelt
It looked as if…. like… The face of the devil looked like…
The clouds were like…. It felt as though… It made me feel….
The ground beneath me felt…. Fear spread through me like…

Resource 2
Descriptive Writing Planning Sheet- Example
Resource 3
Look carefully at your picture. Using the steps below, you have
10minutes to plan your descriptive writing.

•Looking at your picture, jot down some simple words to describe what you might see, hear, or smell if you
were in the scene.
Sun shining through clouds. River flowing - noisy. Big mountains touching the sky. Thin trees. Leaves. Snow. Moss
and grass.

•Now, using a thesaurus, your vocabulary books and your imagination, add adjectives, adverbs or powerful
verbs to describe each word.

Glittering sun streaming through thick, rolling clouds. Excited river babbling and gushing. Towering mountains iced
with powdery snow reaching up to the endless sky. Thin trees dancing and swaying. Crisp leaves rustling in the
breeze. Damp green moss clinging to the rocks.

•Use your notes to create a piece of descriptive writing in your books. Remember to use full sentences,
including correct punctuation, and try to use a mixture of simple and complex sentences.

•When you have finished your piece, read it carefully to make sure it makes sense. Use a dictionary to check
your spellings.
Descriptive Writing Planning Sheet
Resource 3
Look carefully at your picture. Using the steps below, you have 15 minutes to plan your descriptive writing.

Looking at your picture, jot down some simple words to describe what you see, hear or smell if you were in the scene.
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Now add adjectives, adverbs or powerful verbs, language techniques to describe each word.
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Use your notes to create a piece of descriptive writing on the back of this page. Remember to use full sentences, including
correct punctuation, and try to use a mixture of simple and complex sentences.

When you have finished your piece, read it carefully to make sure it makes sense. Use a dictionary to check your spellings.
Creating character Resource 4
Think of a person e.g. family member,
celebrity, politician etc. .
Write down 1 adjective per finger to describe
the person.
Around your finger answer the following
questions
1. If the character was a song what would
they be?
2. If the character was an animal what
would they be?
3. If the character was a piece of clothing
what would they be?
4. If the character was the time of day what
time would they be?
5. If the character was a type of weather
what would they be?
In the palm of the hand write down 4 things
people see about this character
Resource 4
 Resource 4
TASK: Write a paragraph describing your
character entering a room (you decide on an
appropriate room: classroom; office; living room
etc.) Your descriptions should give the reader a
clear idea of what the character is like.
Verbs: How they enter? (do they shuffle, stride, skip etc.)
Adverbs: How they move? (confidently, cautiously, briskly etc.)
Similes: Could you compare them to an animal? What could you
compare their eyes/hair/smile etc. to?
Metaphors: E.g. his hands were flat spiders; she had a heart of
stone
What are their facial features like? (E.g. small, shifty eyes could
indicate they’re secretive; rotten teeth might suggest they neglect
themselves)
What are they wearing? Style of clothes and colours? (E.g.
brightly coloured clothes = confident)
 Resource 4

Example paragraph
Lord Asriel was a tall man with powerful
shoulders, a fierce dark face, and eyes that
seemed to flash and glitter with savage
laughter. It was a face to be dominated by, or
to fight: never a face to patronise or pity. All his
movements were large and perfectly balanced,
like those of a wild animal, and when he
appeared in a room like this, he seemed a wild
animal in a cage too small for it.
 Writing to Describe a Character
L.O: To use language which effectively
describes a character

Do Now: Choose one character and write down

five words which describe the character’s
appearance.
 ‘A Christmas Carol’
by Charles Dickens
As we read, make note of where you see the following
in the extract:

• Description of their facial features

• Description of the way they walk
or move – interesting verbs
• Focus on minute details
• Figurative language
• Colour imagery
Using the image of Lady Macbeth, describe
her character at the start of the play by
adding descriptions to the blank boxes.

You should be aiming to describe how she looks, how

she might walk, some figurative language to discuss
her character and colour imagery.
Write your own opening description of a
character either:
Lady Macbeth (you can use the planning you have
just done).
OR
Your choice
Description of their
facial features
Description of the way
they walk or move –
interesting verbs
Focus on minute details
Figurative language
Colour imagery
 Peer review
Share your writing with your partner.

WWW: Have they effectively described

their character using figurative language
and other elements needed for this task?
How successful have you been?
EBI: What could they have done
differently? What could they add in to
make it more effective?
 Write up in full your description
of your character

Use your EBI to help you to improve your

next paragraphs.
Description of their
facial features
Description of the way
they walk or move –
interesting verbs
Focus on minute details
Figurative language
Colour imagery
Writing to describe a setting

LO: To use language which

effectively describes a setting
 STARTER- Look at the images below
For each image write down one adjective
that describes each one.
1) 3
)
5)

2)
4)
A funfair is a lively
subject
for a description. There
are many
things to see, smell, hear,
taste
and touch.
Think about the lights, the
food, the screams of
enjoyment, the feel of
flying through the air…
 What are the 5 senses?
Create a list of words and phrases to
describe the funfair in the picture,
using each of the five senses. Sentence
starters
1. Sight I see
I hear
2. Sound I smell
I taste
3. Smell I can feel
Word bank
4. Taste Candyfloss, sweet,
sugar, bright, fresh,
5. Touch colourful, cold, hot,
warm, spinning,
jumping
 What is interesting about this
description?
Have you noticed any
language devices?
spat and
As we arrived, sausages sizzled on a food stall; the smell
of doughnuts
wafted like clouds of caramelised
sugar
and candyfloss twirled around wooden sticks

Language like fluffy pink dreams.

devices
Alliteration
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Write a description of the image
below
Remember
the 5
senses!