Living in lockdown KS3 writing workbook

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit team
Living in lockdown KS3 writing workbook
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Writing for purpose and audience: Arguments and persuasive texts
Resource type
Teaching ideas

A resource written specifically to support students working from home during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown period. It features a range of reflective and autobiographical writing tasks such as:

  • a letter to your future self
  • a diary entry based on a day during lockdown
  • an argument writing task based on the view that lockdown has many advantages
  • notes for a worry jar
  • reflective writing activities based on new activities, ambitions for the future
  • a narrative task for students to capture a particular moment during this time.
Example task

Write a letter to your future self about this strange and new way of life.

Use the questions below to help you come up with some ideas, and then make a note of what each paragraph will be about before you begin writing.

Questions to spark your ideas

  • How long have you been in lockdown so far?
  • Thinking back to when you heard that schools were closing, can you remember how you felt? Excited? Frightened? Or something else? How have your feelings changed?
  • What do you miss most? What don’t you miss at all?
  • What have been the highlights so far? What have been the most difficult aspects of lockdown?

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10/06/2021

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31/05/2020

An excellent resource. We've been having to teach our students online for over a month and keep running out of resources... Thank you for your contribution.

sujatha Thadhani

28/05/2020

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10/06/2021

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05/07/2020

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31/05/2020

An excellent resource. We've been having to teach our students online for over a month and keep running out of resources... Thank you for your contribution.

sujatha Thadhani

28/05/2020

5

27/05/2020

It is excellent. Thank you very much.

Cristina Suarez

27/05/2020

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27/05/2020

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27/05/2020

Thank you for this excellent resource. I will use and adapt it for different age groups.

Geraldine O'Brien

12/05/2020

Great resource for students to reflect on their lockdown experience.

Segie Govender

12/05/2020