Year Six Weekend Homework: Redraft the 'Describing a Character's Appearance' Timed Writing Task

Please redraft your describing a character timed writing task. Write 1 1/2 sides of A4. Make sure you look at my comments on your last story before you start!

Listen to my teacherboo:

11+ English Year 6 Fiction: Character Description Audioboo

We love describing characters, but character descriptions can sometimes break the 'flow' of a story. We have been learning about incorporating character descriptions into the 'flow' of our narratives.

Listen to my 'eduboo' audioboo before you start writing! You can also listen to S's example character description audioboo:


Task: Write a second dialogue and description between two of the characters at the party. Make sure you write the description from the point-of-view of one of the other characters.

Due: Thursday

Year 5 - Fiction - Story Structure (Japanese Sci-Fi)

L.O. To include (a) a location description and (b) a description of a character in a short story

The homework comes in two parts:

1. 'Assessment Week' is 19th-22nd May, and as part of the English test you are going to need to write a description. I've included loads of revision notes and games here.

Homework: Plan and write a story based on this fantastic picture (it comes from a book of Japanese Science-Fiction from the 1930s.)

Make sure that you open your story with exciting direct speech and then set the scene. Revise story structure by clicking here; you can revise all our work on planning this half-term by clicking here.

Feeling clever? Use a gel pen every time you include a bracketing comma.

See more fantastic images from Japan by clicking here.