Filter by
Subjects
Subject categories
- (-) All subject categories (303)
- English (67)
- Literature (51)
- Reading (49)
- Drama (26)
- Language (18)
- Prose (15)
- Shakespeare for key stage 3 (12)
- Grammar, spelling and vocabulary (9)
- 19th-century prose (8)
- Modern drama (8)
- Poetry (7)
- Modern prose (4)
- Developing vocabulary (3)
- Textual variations and representations (3)
- Unseen poetry (3)
- Diversity and change (2)
- Language change (2)
- Spelling (2)
- Adverbs (1)
- Anthology poetry (1)
- Language analysis (1)
- Language analysis (1)
- Phonology (1)
- Reading skills (1)
- Sentence construction (1)
- Strategies (1)
- Understanding a poem (1)
- Understanding a prose text (1)
- Understanding the plot (1)
- Varying sentences (1)
- Verbs (1)
- Word classes (1)
Global tag
- (-) All global tags (153)
- William Shakespeare (15)
- William Shakespeare (15)
- Post-1900 (13)
- Pre-1900 (12)
- Macbeth (8)
- Macbeth (8)
- Tragedy (8)
- An Inspector Calls (6)
- J.B. Priestley (6)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (6)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (6)
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (6)
- Gothic (5)
- Fiction (3)
- Fiction (3)
- Modern (3)
- Charles Dickens (2)
- Henry V (2)
- History (2)
- History (2)
- Richard III (2)
- World War One (2)
- 19th century (1)
- A Christmas Carol (1)
- A Christmas Carol (1)
- Alice Walker (1)
- Charles Dickens (1)
- Frank Cottrell Boyce (1)
- Frankenstein (1)
- Harper Lee (1)
- Mary Shelley (1)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1)
- Northern Lights (1)
- Oliver Twist (1)
- Philip Pullman (1)
- Philip Pullman (1)
- T.S. Eliot (1)
- The Color Purple (1)
- The Tempest (1)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1)
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.