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How to make your writing How to make your writing interesting!interesting!

Objectives• To write a story that

incorporates a specific object, a specific location and written for a specific genre.

You have already…• Written flashbacks.• Written interesting openings.• Written to the structure of

exposition, complication, crisis and resolution.

• Completed a shared writing task.• Now it’s time to do it on your own.

What is genre?

Different genres include:

• Romance - Comedy• Horror - Spy thriller• Action - Fantasy• Crime Thriller - Science Fiction• Police Drama- Teen Fiction• Sports

Task• You must pick 1 object from the

bag.• One piece of paper that tells

you the setting for your story.• One piece of paper that tells

you the genre you should be writing in.

Example

• Can of baked beans = Object• Swimming Pool = Location• Thriller = Genre

Tom had been placed in a chair right on the edge of the swimming pool. Somehow his feet and been placed in concrete blocks. He’d been beaten and a mixture of blood and sweat was falling from his head onto his shirt. He peered backwards and stared at a possible watery death…

A solitary figure stood in front of him. The figure held up a can. It looked like a can of baked beans. Tom’s confusion turned to fear as the dark figure removed the ring and brought it up to his face. Slowly the assailant carved cuts in Tom’s cheek. His screams echoed around the empty building…

10 minutes• In your opening you must

establish your location and your main character. This is called the exposition.

• Use the model provided to help you with sentence starters.

Feedback• What went well?• Even better?

5 minutes• Now continue your story and try to

incorporate your object.• TIP! Make sure that you are writing

in your chosen genre!

Feedback

• What went well…• Even better if…

Plenary• On the post-it provided, write down one

thing that you are particularly happy with in your story and one target for improvement.

• Place the post-it on the door and place your object back in the bag.

• Put all unwanted paper in the recycling bin.