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Writing descriptive texts

Browse this rich collection of resources and teaching ideas to develop students' descriptive and creative writing skills, including picture prompt resources, word banks and carefully scaffolded resources to engage even the most reluctant of student writers.

There are fun and eclectic lesson ideas for writing activities based on journeys, the senses, on sculpture, on the weather and even 'magical doors'! Perfect for KS3 and GCSE students. 

 

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Macbeth Pursuit game
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English
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Context: historical/cultural
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Macbeth
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Transactional writing exam practice
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Writing
Arguments and persuasive texts
Explanation texts
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Christmas homophone bingo
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English
Category
Spelling
Homophones
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Sauver la planète: passé composé, présent et futur proche
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French
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Writing assessment: Bleib gesund
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German
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Healthy and unhealthy living
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A dictionary of tourism
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Geography
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Cardinal Thomas Wolsey booklet
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Tudor England
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English
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English
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Health and the people: exam-style practice questions
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History
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Health/medicine
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Hitler's foreign policy key word cipher
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History
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Germany
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The Munich Agreement: The Western Betrayal?
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History
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Inter-war
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Quick quiz: The collapse of the Weimar Republic
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History
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Germany
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Keyword links – hormones
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Science
Biology
Category
Homeostasis and response
Hormonal coordination
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Calculating the rate of a chemical reaction
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Science
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