11+ Creative Writing

This is a 130 page book packed with everything a young learner needs to smash the 11+ creative writing section of selective entry exams. 11+ tests (and other selective entry tests, as well as GCSE English) typically require candidates either to produce a piece of descriptive writing, based on a picture or prompt, or to write a narrative. This book covers both types of writing: it contains all the key elements that the young learner needs to be able to master the 11+ creative writing component, including:

• basic elements of composition (sentence construction, parts of speech)
• clauses
• punctuation
• language devices (similes, metaphors, personification, etc.)
• ‘show don’t tell’
• imagery
• plot
• setting
• narrative tension
• characterisation

There are also annotated exemplars, descriptive writing scaffolds, exam tips and over 30 exercises to allow learners to practise their skills. Answers are provided at the back of the book. Like my 11+ poetry books, it has been written principally with 11+, 12+ and 13+ students in mind, but the book is not limited to this cohort and will be useful to all children in the 9 – 15 age bracket who need to develop their creative writing skills.

The book is available on Amazon. I am able to sell it more cheaply here as a PDF due to not having to pay Amazon print fees.