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Peter Slater's Shop: Finding a Path through the Trees

I'm an English teacher with many years' experience specialising mainly in GCSE English, although I teach at different levels. I am also an established GCSE English examiner in both Language and Literature. I consciously tailor my resources to meet the needs of those many pupils who can't yet quite get the hang of English analysis, but who are perfectly capable of gaining an excellent grade once understanding clicks.

I'm an English teacher with many years' experience specialising mainly in GCSE English, although I teach at different levels. I am also an established GCSE English examiner in both Language and Literature. I consciously tailor my resources to meet the needs of those many pupils who can't yet quite get the hang of English analysis, but who are perfectly capable of gaining an excellent grade once understanding clicks.
Creative Writing: how to start
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Creative Writing: how to start

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Two resources, ten pages in all, aimed at encouraging pupils to improve their creative writing skills by focusing on openings. One of the exercises involves rewriting a dull opening describing a man’s arrival at a castle. By working through the exercises, pupils will learn: • How to identify what makes for good writing • How to hook their readers at the opening of a story • How to use a range of language techniques to improve their creative writing