Autumn narrative writing activities
A lovely set of autumn-themed narrative writing activities to develop students' understanding of how to create characters, plot and use a range of engaging language techniques in their own fiction writing.
With two unseen extracts from nineteenth-century novels for KS3-4 students to explore, students initially consider how writers like Emily Bronte and Charles Dickens use autumnal symbolism and themes in their writing to establish setting and character.
Students then consider how to create their own protagonist, plot and setting inspired by the season, with this carefully scaffolded lesson worksheet. They then have a chance to review their own narrative writing and peer assess their partner's work.
|
Task 1: Exploring narrative writing inspired by autumn Use your imaginative skills to explore and extend your creativity in narrative form. Authors often use the weather and seasons to suggest something important about the scene, mood or characters. This technique is called pathetic fallacy (giving human feelings to something non-human). Read the following extract (from Wuthering Heights) and annotate with your answers to the following:
Be prepared to share your ideas with the class. |
