by NikkiYoungAuthor | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
I recently worked with some Year Six children on story planning and writing, under timed conditions. We had 45 minutes, 15 of which were for story planning and the remaining 30 minutes for writing the story. This was the brief: You are lost in a desert and get caught...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Feb 3, 2020 | Writing exercises
Want to know a fun thing to do with your weekly spellings list? Turn them into a short story. This is one of my favourite things to do with the children at Storymakers and it’s particularly useful if you have reluctant writers. Not only does it help with spellings, it...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Jan 27, 2020 | Writing exercises
Music can make a powerful writing prompt. This is a song about a young homeless girl, begging on the streets and a man who walks by, seeming not to have noticed her. This song is a message. It is a warning to us all not to ignore poverty; a reminder how, in...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Jan 20, 2020 | Writing exercises
When you look at the different ways to open a story, you can see which works best. Here are a few types of story openers to consider:An actionWeatherTimeA statement or factA questionDialogue It’s interesting to see how your choice of opening sentence can direct...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Jan 14, 2020 | Writing exercises
Creating characters is one of the first things we do when planning our stories at the Storymakers Writing Club. This is because when you consider character and setting, it can spark an idea for your story and there are a number of ways to come up with characters, my...
