Living in lockdown KS3 writing workbook
A resource written specifically to support students working from home during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown period. It features a range of reflective and autobiographical writing tasks such as:
- a letter to your future self
- a diary entry based on a day during lockdown
- an argument writing task based on the view that lockdown has many advantages
- notes for a worry jar
- reflective writing activities based on new activities, ambitions for the future
- a narrative task for students to capture a particular moment during this time.
Example task
Write a letter to your future self about this strange and new way of life.
Use the questions below to help you come up with some ideas, and then make a note of what each paragraph will be about before you begin writing.
Questions to spark your ideas
- How long have you been in lockdown so far?
- Thinking back to when you heard that schools were closing, can you remember how you felt? Excited? Frightened? Or something else? How have your feelings changed?
- What do you miss most? What don’t you miss at all?
- What have been the highlights so far? What have been the most difficult aspects of lockdown?
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31/05/2020
An excellent resource. We've been having to teach our students online for over a month and keep running out of resources... Thank you for your contribution.
28/05/2020
27/05/2020
It is excellent. Thank you very much.
27/05/2020
27/05/2020
27/05/2020
Thank you for this excellent resource. I will use and adapt it for different age groups.
12/05/2020
Great resource for students to reflect on their lockdown experience.
12/05/2020
