Creating Characters - Year 6

Creating Characters - Year 6

‘Creating Characters - Year 6’ is designed to help pupils improve their creative writing skills through effective character creation. It covers many of the curriculum requirements of the Year 5 and 6 English programme of study (Writing - composition). Content includes:

• A study of how Charles Dickens presents the character of Magwitch in the opening pages of Great Expectations
• An analysis of how writers convey character through the use of description, dialogue and action
• An exploration of the key ingredients of effective character creation
• A guide to building a character profile - with an example text
• A guide to transforming a character profile into a piece of prose which presents a credible character to the reader
• A model text to help pupils through the creative process
• 4 accompanying worksheet

‘Creating Characters - Year 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

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