Paper 1, Question 5: Creative Writing Dragons

For GCSE English Language (AQA): Paper 1, Question 5.

By entering the fantasy realm in this creative writing workbook, students will develop their imagination through making and creating a dragon. The resource supports character development, identifying language features, making inferences, improving vocabulary, describing using the five senses and other targeted activities related to dragons.

The resource includes an extract from J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit (Smaug’s lair) and exam-style questions. The end activity is a creative writing piece based on an image of a dragon. Learners can choose to describe the image or write the climax of a story titled ‘Peril’.

The resources has been used on post 16-19 and adult learners. It is 9 pages long and could last the entirety of a 3-hour lesson.

Enjoy!

T.