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Creative Writing Workshop

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Creative Writing Workshop

Creative writing illustration with pencil and imagination bubbles

✨ Part 1: Story Starters

Choose ONE story starter below and write the beginning of your story (at least 5 sentences).

1. Circle your chosen story starter:

The old lighthouse keeper discovered something strange washed up on Dunedin's beach...

When I opened my school bag this morning, a tiny dragon poked its head out...

The last person on Earth sat alone in a room. Then there was a knock at the door...

My pet suddenly started talking to me in perfect English...

2. Write your story beginning here:
3. Extension Challenge: Add dialogue between two characters and describe the setting using all five senses.

🎨 Part 2: Character Creation

4. Create an interesting character by filling in these details:

Character's name: _____________________

Age: _______ Lives in: _____________________

Special talent or power: _____________________

Biggest fear: _____________________

Favourite thing to do: _____________________

5. Write a paragraph describing what your character looks like and how they act:
6. Challenge: Write about a problem your character faces and how they might solve it:

📝 Part 3: Descriptive Writing

7. Imagine you're exploring a mysterious place near Dunedin. Tick all the descriptive techniques you could use:

Describe what you can see (colours, shapes, sizes)

Include sounds you might hear

Mention smells in the air

Describe textures you could touch

Use exciting adjectives (mysterious, ancient, sparkling)

Compare things using 'like' or 'as' (similes)

8. Now write a description of your mysterious place using at least 3 techniques from above:
9. Extension Activity: Continue your story by having your character from Part 2 visit this mysterious place. What happens next?

🌟 Teacher's Differentiation Notes:

• Emerging writers: Focus on questions 1, 2, 4, and 5. Provide sentence starters if needed.

• Confident writers: Complete all questions, with emphasis on extension challenges.

• Advanced writers: Complete all activities plus create an illustration and write an alternative ending.

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