You need to write a narrative where you end up being shrunk and put in a jam jar!!! Why were you shrunk? How were you shrunk? Will you get out of it?Special instructions:

- You are only allowed to use four bits of speech

- Between one and three pages long.

Creative writing task 1 – in a jar!

Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:

Features I could include:

Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

pla

n – i

n a

jar!!

!

It is a normal Saturday morning; you decide to meet your friends down the park to make a TikTok video. You decide to take a break together and go on the swings, when you look up you see this. Write what happens!Special instructions:

- Between one and three pages long.

- Include some personifications.

Creative writing task 2 – the invisible woman.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 2

pla

n – t

he in

visib

le w

oman

.

NON-FICTIONImagine a future in which we each have a personalised robot servant. What would yours be like? What would it do? What would it look like? How would it talk? What features would it have?Special instructions:

- Set your piece out like a guide to your robot

- Formal language- Headings & sub-headings etc.

Creative writing task 3 – robot servant.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 3

pla

n – r

obot

serv

ant.

Your task today is to write a poem! Pretend to be a frog laying on a lily pad daydreaming about something. Special instructions:

- It does not have to rhyme! - Include literary features like

similes, metaphors, alliteration, and personification.

- Try to write more than one draft and play with the order/ cohesion.

Creative writing task 4 – day dreaming frog.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 4

pla

n – d

aydr

eam

ing

frog

poem

.

Today’s challenge is to write a narrative, telling the story from a narrators’ point of view not you as the character. Your chosen character goes into a museum – your choice which one – and gets stuck in the bathroom. When they finally get out the place is closed. Tell me about their adventure! Special instructions:

- No more than four pieces of speech.

- Minimum of two pages, no more than four!

Creative writing task 5 – trapped in a museum!Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 5

pla

n – t

rapp

ed in

a m

useu

m!

Dragons stalk the streets, puffing out smoke and clattering their mechanical wings…Start your story with this sentence.Why are there dragons? Good/ bad? Is there a reason that they are mechanical? Is the main character a dragon or a citizen of these streets?Two to four pages please

Creative writing task 6 – Dragons stalk the streets.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 6

pla

n – D

rago

ns st

alk

the

stre

ets.

Your character/s lives in an alternate universe where dinosaurs never went extinct, in fact they can communicate with humans quite normally.

What would that world look like? How would our communities be different?

Special instructions:

- no more than five bits of speech- focus on expanded noun phrases

(but don’t overdo it – choose wisely)

- two to four pages

Creative writing task 7 – dinosaurs are alive.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 7

pla

n – d

inos

aurs

are

aliv

e.

NON-FICTION

Write an information poster about the motorbike.

What would you like to find out about motorbikes in general? Records set/ made? How is it built? etc. Think: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How to help you

Special instructions:

- Formal language- Headings and subheadings

Creative writing task 8 – the motorbike.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 8

pla

n – t

he m

otor

bike

.

NON-FICTION

How can we save the Turtles?

Create a persuasive information text, you choose what format it comes in (leaflet, guide, poster…) to answer this question.

How can you make it interesting? Why should we help them? What can you say/ show to persuade people that we need to?

What features/ phrases/ words could you research that are persuasive which you can include?

Creative writing task 9 – Save the Turtles!Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 9

pla

n – S

ave

the

Turtl

es!

Your challenge today is to create an advert for a new sweet that Willy Wonka has invented.

What does it look like?

What ingredients does it have?

How does it taste?

Does it have a wacky side-effect?

Who is it designed for?

How can you persuade them to buy it?

Can you think of any catchy slogans?

Creative writing task 10 – New Sweets.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

0 pl

an –

New

swee

ts.

Eons ago there once roamed giants of the Earth. They protected the nature of the land and, because they achieved their role, they fell into a deep slumber. They sense that something is not right and have awoken to a much changed world – will they protect the Earth again? Or be forced to live in a damaged environment?Write a story exploring this.

Creative writing task 11 – Earth giants.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

1 pl

an –

Earth

gia

nts.

NON-FICTION

Write a newspaper article about how video games affect children. It could be a positive, negative or balanced piece – it is up to you.

Special instructions:

Remember when we did our article on the Challenger disaster in 1986? Attention grabbing headline, Passive voice, formal language, quotes from people involved. To remind yourself of these features/ get examples of them look them up

Creative writing task 12 – video games.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

2 pl

an –

vide

o ga

mes

.

Imagine that you have visited an art gallery and these two portraits (Winter and Summer) are hanging in a dark corridor that you have stumbled upon. They don’t notice your approach and you hear them talking.

Write a play script of what happens starting with your finding them, what they are talking about then finishing with them noticing you are there.

Special instructions:

- Stage directions in squared brackets - Names of characters in the margin- You do not need to you speech

punctuation

Creative writing task 13 – talking portraits.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

3 pl

an –

talk

ing

portr

aits

.

Your task is to draft an adventure story where your characters win a trip on a hot air balloon from a school raffle. It gets blown off course and they have to find a way back home.Special instructions:

- More than one page but less than four.

- Focus on the description of landscapes

Creative writing task 14 – the journey.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

4 pl

an –

the

jour

ney.

NON –FICTIONDraft an information text about a different kind of school day. Ever wanted to have a lesson in a theme park? What would that look like? What would be taught? How would you teach it? What would the timetable be like?

Creative writing task 15 – Class in session.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

5 pl

an –

class

in se

ssio

n.

NON-FICTIONWe will soon have the new reception pupils in for a few afternoons and days. Your task is to draft an instruction guide for the receptions (who will be four years old), which their parents can share with them. You need to help them to understand what happens at school so that they aren’t so nervous, or their parents for that matter!

Creative writing task 16 – First day at school.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

6 pl

an –

first

day

at s

choo

l.

Write a recount of the day your family found an abandoned bike when out for a walk one day.Special instruction:

- No more than six bits of speech

- Focus on expanded noun phrases

- Include similes

Creative writing task 17 – At first we thought…Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

7 pl

an –

at fi

rst w

e th

ough

t…

NON-FICTION

Research a 21st century invention that you find interesting and draft an information leaflet all about it.

Think about:

- The heading- The subheadings- Interesting use of the space- Making it look aesthetically

pleasing.

Find some examples of interesting leaflets and magpie ideas from them.

Creative writing task 18 – the invention.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

8 pl

an –

the

inve

ntio

n.

Invent your own Olympic game and create a rule book for it.

Think about:

- What it would be played on or it?- How many players- What equipment would be

needed?- How are winners decided?- How would you set out your rule

book?- Do you need diagrams?

Have a look at a real sports rule book to aid you with yours.

Creative writing task 19 – New Olympic sport. Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the reader:

Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 1

9 pl

an –

new

Olym

pic

spor

t.

Write about the most valuable thing you have learned at school.Explain what made it so useful for you and how you can use it in life.You can choose to lay it out however you wish.Creative writing task 20 – Most valuable.Phrases/ ideas/ vocabulary:Features I could include:Effect I want on the

reader:Audience:

Purpose of the text:

Crea

tive

writi

ng ta

sk 2

0 pl

an –

mos

t val

uabl

e.