Winter Scene Writing Prompts
Abandoned Places
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Landscapes
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Watch the film through.
Simply pause the film on a beautiful scene and then ask the children to describe it. Simple! |
Some forest/woodland stimuli
A pathway to where?
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Thanks to Louise Brookes @lobroo on Twitter for providing this collection of stunning images.
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Key Questions
Where is this? Where does it go to? How would you feel travelling along here alone? What would you be travelling in? How will your journey end? |
Use similes and metaphors along with personification to descrbe how some of these paths 'move' across the landscape.
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Tiny Dragon
Questions for discussion:
- Where is it from?
- Why is it so small?
- Are there more like him?
- Where does he live?
- How will you look after it?
- Will you keep it a secret or tell someone?
- What is it called?
- Is it magic? What magic can it do?
Flying Houses
I came across these amazing images in a Sunday supplement. I followed them up and got permission to use them here and in schools. They are by a Parisien artist called Laurent Chehere. I would link them to 'Pixar's Up'
Children could describe them in 1st person imagining they are looking up at them. They could discuss where they are landing, how they are flying etc.
Children could describe them in 1st person imagining they are looking up at them. They could discuss where they are landing, how they are flying etc.
Credits: Laurent Chehere/Galerie Paris-Beijing
www.laurentchehere.com
Writing Flashbacks
I think this image is great for writing a flashback. The story could begin with this image, then the children could flash back to describe how she ended up in there.
What has just happened?
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Links to Keeping Healthy
I saw these two images on a Trafford Centre Advert. They could spark a discussion about healthy lifestyles.
Write a persuasive piece of writing, persuading the two characters on the right why they should adopt a healthy lifestyle. Perhaps one could be written in contrast telling the two above what they are missing, ice creams, cakes etc.
Your class could debate the two points of view. |
Write 'A guide to keeping healthy' include sub headings such as; Diet, Exercise, Drugs etc
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Statues
All statues have a back story, the children can write that. Who is it? What is? Where is it? Does it come alive? What happens? Is it watching us? What is it thinking?
With thanks to Jane Hewitt
With thanks to Jane Hewitt
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Everyone has a favourite season or favourite seasonal activities.
Let these images spark your memory of a joyous moment you spent with family, friends, or by yourself. You may choose one image or link a few together to tell/show a deeper-more detailed memoir. With thanks to Stephen Yost - Neil Armstrong Middle School - Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, USA for the pictures and ideas. 
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Its pouring down and he is just stood there. Who is he and who is he waiting for?
Friend or foe?
There is a Wizard in My Potting Shed
Imagine you discover this 'shed' at the bottom of your garden, What is inside? I can imagine it's magical inside, much bigger than it seems on the outside. Perhaps lit by candles, strange instruments on the tables, cobwebbed and dusty.
Behind you the door closes gently and you espy this man sat in emerald green robes, peering at you over his glasses, the candles flicker and die out. It's pitch black and he whispers....
Behind you the door closes gently and you espy this man sat in emerald green robes, peering at you over his glasses, the candles flicker and die out. It's pitch black and he whispers....
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Allow the children 10 words only. No more and no less. What does the Wizard say to them? Make it mysterious. This is the opening scene to a story. Perhaps something like "Come, follow me.. Don't make a sound, she is upstairs!"
Time stood still for all but one man.
What has happened? How did it happen? Who did it? Why did they do it? What will happen next?
I saw her and then she was gone, I heard her whispering for me to follow. It only took me a few seconds for me to decide...
