P5 - Creative Writing Summer Camp Guide
P5 - Creative Writing Summer Camp Guide
Writing Class 5 Poetry Will we learn how Workshopping Each student will be given
Appreciation to respond to will be time for a stanza to write about
poetry with written us to discuss our from a classic poem –
language. We will poems, share looking for the different
teach the students ideas and have poetic techniques.
how to write an feedback on our
introduction, main work. Readings from English
body and Revision and Practice:
conclusion.
p.67 - p.68 Planning and
Each student will be Writing Essays/
given a stanza to Practice Question p.80-p.86.
write about –
looking for different Historical information
poetic techniques. about the author’s life
and the poem will also be
given to students to read
to help them write the
essay.
Writing Class 6 Scriptwriting Students will read a Workshopping The homework this week
Tv or movie script will be to will be to write the
pretending to be conclude the opening scene of a movie.
the different poetry section of
characters. the summer Students may like to
camp. revisit their short story
We will learn how ideas from weeks 1 and 2
to structure a script and turn them into scripts
by looking at or write a completely new
directions, dialogue story. Readings from
and setting. English Revision and
Practice: p.7
Scripts will be given to the
students to help structure
their writing.
Writing Class 7 Scriptwriting 2 We will watch a Workshopping Homework this week will
movie scene as a will see students be to write either a script
class and write a reading out each or a short story. This
script together. other’s scripts. week will be different
because we will be using
Each student will Strong, pictures and old
have to write down memorable photographs; we will be
a character’s characters will be writing from the point of
dialogue and the focus of this view of the people found
actions. workshop. Is the in the pictures and
dialogue photographs.
realistic? Does it
sound like a real
person?
Writing Class 8 Newspaper This lesson will be Workshopping Students will be asked to
Articles all about writing will revisit the find a real-life example of
news articles. photographs and a newspaper for lesson
Students will be pictures from 10’s class. They will need
shown a range of lesson 7. The to write a newspaper on
exciting newspaper focus will be on something interesting.
stories. They will be the narrator and This could be in their local
taught how to the language area or nationally.
structure and used in fiction.
capture the tone of
article writing. We
will plan the news
stories that they
will write for
workshopping time
in week 9.
Writing Class 9 Writing Non- We will learn the Workshopping Homework: Students will
Fiction difference in how Newspaper be separated into two
we write and speak articles from groups. Group A will write
Writing Formal to different people. lesson 8. formal letters and group B
and Informal Students will will write informal letters.
Letters understand how to
write formally -
perhaps to a school
that you are
applying to -or
more informally -
perhaps to a friend
or family member.
Writing Class 10 Freewriting We will have a Workshop time What is the creative
range of writing will be replaced project?
prompts for the this lesson so
kids to choose that students The creative project will
from. have enough be the final task of the
time to free write summer camp. Students
Structuring the at a decent will be asked to create a
lesson this way length. portfolio which includes a
means that poem and a script or
students can write They will be short story. This will be
about anything introduced to the the focus of lessons 11
they like, and creative project and 12. Students will be
mistakes can be that will conclude asked to send over the
corrected in the the summer pieces of work that they
moment. camp in lesson need help with. Once this
12. creative project is
This is to encourage complete, we will have a
the students to writer’s graduation
write more in their ceremony and they will
spare time and to receive a prize for all their
open their minds to hard work.
find ideas from Students will be asked to
their own lives. come to lesson 11 with
questions on how to
improve. E.g. If a student
is struggling with writing
poetry, I can make time in
lesson 11 to help them.
Writing Class 11 Writing Fiction This lesson will be a Workshop pieces Homework will be to
and Poetry great opportunity will be mixed complete the creative
Revision to review all the depending on project.
Lesson. skills that we have what the
learnt so far at the students send
(Preparing for camp. over for me to
the creative Students will be mark.
project finale.) reminded of
different writing
techniques.
Writing Lesson Comic book This will be a fun Workshop time Keep writing for fun!
12 writing and exciting end to will review the
the camp. I will final creative Keep a journal to note
show students how portfolios. (These down all your best ideas.
to write comic book should be at a
strips, and they will very high Keep in touch with Jake -
be given time to standard by week he is always available to
produce their own. 12.) help with any writing
questions you may have
We will finish off after the camp.
the camp with a
young writer’s
graduation. If
students are happy
to, I will send in the
final creative
project pieces to
online writing
competitions.