Living in lockdown KS4 writing workbook
Written specifically for students experiencing life in lockdown during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this workbook includes reflective and creative writing tasks. It includes the following tasks:
- affirmations of gratitude lists and letter, poem or diary writing activity
- writing lockdown lyrics creative song writing activity
- exploring new vocabulary task
- descriptive writing tasks based on images of confinement and hope
- making the case for a life in lockdown persuasive writing task
- a letter to your future self
- supercharging your CV note-taking activity.
Lockdown affirmations
It’s completely understandable if you’ve found yourself feeling low or unmotivated at some point in lockdown.
Taking time to think about and write down what you’re grateful for in your life can help you to feel positive and happier. See if you can write down three things you feel grateful for every day over the course of a week.
Why did you feel grateful for those things? Did you find that you felt grateful for the same thing on more than one day?
Choose one of the following writing tasks to bring your thoughts together:
- If you felt grateful for the impact of a particular person, have a go at writing a letter to show them your appreciation. If you need support, there’s a model letter here.
- Alternatively, write out what you feel grateful for as a diary entry.
- If you’re feeling more creative, you could instead turn your thoughts into a poem.
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12/06/2020
I’ve broken it down to send to our SEND students in order not to overwhelm them with a full workbook. I haven’t given them everything in the workbook as it may be too much for them to complete in the time we have left of this school year. I am hoping parents will work through these tasks with their children, that was my request.
I gave my students a separate task of writing a gratitude letter to someone as I felt it was important for them to think about what people do for them, especially now we’re all spending more time at home, instead of giving them the option of doing this in the reflect and write section. I used the practising gratitude -gratitude letter resource for this.
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