Creative writing for kids: Write the future!

Welcome to your Writing the Future creative writing course. This video is a short personal introduction from me!

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In this session we will:

•Imagine what the future might be like

•Consider how it could be good or bad

•And learn two new words

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In this session we will:

•Look at how good writers choose their words carefully to make something seem good or bad

•Be able to create a good or bad atmosphere by choosing words carefully

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In this session we will:

•Look at the traits of the protagonist in futuristic stories

•Understand what sort of protagonist a great story needs

•Be able to plan the protagonist for your futuristic story

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In this session we will:

•Look at how great writers use different types of sentences to make their writing interesting

•Be able to experiment with different types of sentences

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In this session we will:

•Look at some of the descriptive writing techniques good writers use

•Consider why they’ll make your writing better for the reader

•Have a go at using them in your writing

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In this session we will:

•Think about the sort of settings writers of futuristic stories use

•Look at how they effectively describe these settings

•Be able to describe our futuristic setting

BONUS: We are also going working on some reading and retrieval skills today

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In this session we will:

•Think about why the backstory is important

•Look at the backstory used in The Hunger Games books

•Plan the backstory for your futuristic story

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In this session we will:

•Look at the language Suzanne Collins uses to describe the backstory in the Hunger Games

•Use the same techniques to explain your backstory to the reader

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In this session we will:

•Look at the different tense and perspective options writers have

•Start to understand why a writer might choose a particular tense and perspective

•Be able to write in various tenses and perspectives

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In this session we will:

•Look at how good writers use repetition in their writing

•Be able to use repetition to create great description in our writing

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In this session we will:

•Look at how good writers use speech to tell their story

•Understand the conventions of writing speech

•Be able to write a section of our futuristic story using speech

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In this session we will:

•Prepare to write a section of your futuristic story

•Think about all the great writing we’ve seen so far and how you can incorporate that into your work

•Be able to write a section of your futuristic story

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In this session we are going to edit our writing.

If you haven’t got anything written yet, pause this video and get going.

We will:

•Talk about why editing is really important

•Understand how writers edit their work

•Edit our own work to make it as good as possible

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You are amazing! You finished the course!

Thank you and well done.

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If you get the chance to review this course I would be massively grateful. Reviews make all the difference as potential students get to hear what the course is really like. Although leaving the star rating is good, a few words about what you liked or disliked is even better.

*** How's your futuristic story coming on? ***

If you did any great writing as part of this course then I’d really like to read it. In the future, I’d like to have a “wall of excellence” at the end of the course to inspire other students. All work would be anonymous of course.

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