Setting and Mood: Creative Writing Lesson Plans_11 to 14 yrs

Your students can have lots of fun creating compelling settings for their stories. These bundled lessons apply secrets from master storytellers to build on existing skills, Your students will learn to:

• Understand how settings can act as secondary characters in their stories.
• Use 5 senses as a secret weapon to uncover great ideas for a story.
• Learn how to structure their story for success.
• Bridge information with imagination to create fantastic fiction.

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

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

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