Button Jar Creative Writing

This is a lesson inspired by the idea published by the National Poetry Society.

It invites students to plan and write a piece of creative writing based on a physical object - here a button from an item of clothing. All you need is a jar of assorted buttons to inspire your students!

This works really well with students of all year groups and abilities.

The resources attached take students through the various stages of planning, writing and reflection time.

As with all my lessons, there are ‘Talk for Writing’ activities and Challenge tasks for more able students.

Attached is;

• A powerpoint with the lesson clearly outlined (it could of course be broken down into different lessons)
• A Word document planning grid which you can edit if needed.