Winter: fiction writing activities

A lovely set of wintery-themed creative or narrative fiction writing activities, perfect for a KS3 lesson in the run-up to Christmas or on any cold winter's day! 

It carefully guides students through a range of planning activities to show them how to create an effective wintery setting for their creative or narrative writing, how to craft a character, how to plan a range of literary techniques to make their writing more engaging to read and how to plot their narrative.

Includes a wintery extract from the dramatic start of Jack London's 1906 novel, White Fang, as well as a description of Scrooge from A Christmas Carol to help them to explore how writers introduce characters. 

There's also a peer-assessment sheet to guide post-writing reflections and an extension or homework task to inspire further writing experiments.