Filter by
Subject categories
- (-) All subject categories (503)
- Languages (150)
- Grammar (51)
- Verbs and tenses (37)
- Free time (27)
- Social trends (18)
- Holidays and transport (15)
- Films and TV (13)
- Artistic culture (12)
- Me, my family and friends (11)
- Social issues (10)
- Healthy and unhealthy living (8)
- Home, town and region (8)
- School and work (8)
- Literature and film (7)
- Politics (7)
- Technology and the internet (7)
- Voluntary work (6)
- Cultural heritage (5)
- Current issues (5)
- Family trends (5)
- Food and eating out (5)
- Global issues (5)
- Holidays and accommodation (5)
- School life (5)
- The environment (5)
- Customs and festivals (4)
- Describing people (4)
- Family (4)
- Music (4)
- Questions (4)
- Social exclusion (4)
- Nouns (3)
- Politics and immigration (3)
- Work and future plans (3)
- Charities and volunteering (2)
- Clothes and shopping (2)
- Friends and relationships (2)
- Gender equality (2)
- Multiculturalism (2)
- Negation (2)
- Pronouns (2)
- Technology and the internet (2)
- Young people and politics (2)
- Adjectives (1)
- Art and architecture (1)
- Conjunctions (1)
- Crime and punishment (1)
- Determiners (1)
- Directions (1)
- Film (1)
- Immigration (1)
- Integration (1)
- Music (1)
- Pets and animals (1)
- Poverty and homelessness (1)
- Social diversity (1)
- Sport (1)
- Travel and transport (1)
- Weather and seasons (1)
- Word order (1)
Global tag
Resource type
Exam board
Creative writing
Browse this rich collection of English teaching resources, teaching ideas, templates and creative writing lessons to develop students' descriptive writing, narrative writing and creative writing skills. You'll find compelling picture prompts, supportive word banks and carefully scaffolded resources to engage even the most reluctant of student writers.
There are fun and eclectic lesson ideas, downloadable worksheets and comprehensive PowerPoints for a range of exciting creative writing and short story tasks based on journeys, the senses, on sculpture, on the weather and even 'magical doors'!
Explore point of view, narrative structure and the features of a ‘good story’ as well as how to develop a main character with a range of creative writing tasks to hone students’ descriptive writing skills. You’ll also find resources on using metaphors and similes and varying sentence structure to make their writing more engaging.
Perfect for key stage 3 English classes and GCSE English Language learners.
You might also like our non-fiction writing activities for KS3 English.