Setting and Mood: Creative Writing Activities_15 to 18 yrs

Your students can create a compulsive plot and compelling characters, but their attention to detail in constructing where their stories takes place can make or break the narrative. These bundled lessons apply secrets from master storytellers to build on existing skills, Your students will learn to -

• Bridge information with imagination to create fiction that builds credibility.

• Understand how settings can act as secondary characters in their stories.

• Layer a sense of place into every scene that they write.

• Use a secret weapon to uncover great ideas for a story.

Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.

Activities
Speaking and listening, reading comprehension, planning, writing, reviewing.

Learning objectives
Reading
Understanding the author’s craft: story shape
Writing
Composition: generating ideas, planning and drafting
Composition: shaping and constructing language for expression and effect
Speaking and Listening
Developing active listening skills and strategies
Group discussion and interaction: Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies

Resources included in this plan
Reading and Comprehension Activities
Mini and Comprehensive Writing Activities
Famous quotes for discussion
Literary examples
Story prompts
Story planner for students
Online resource links