Year Six Composition Homework: Writing the First 15 Lines of a Sherlock Holmes Story

Year Six are writing stories about Sherlock Holmes solving a devilish crime: a corpse in the school room!


Task: Write the first 15 lines of your story (just the first 1/2 page). Don't forget to open with an exciting opening line, 'set the scene' and describe one of the characters.

Don't forget you can revise key elements of story writing by listening to my 'quick revision' podcasts!

The First 15 Lines of a Short Story on Prezi

Feeling clever? Try to use an elegant prose style. Learn more by watching this Prezi:

Elegant Prose on Prezi

Year 5 Planning from a Picture/First Two Sections of a Short Story

Your homework is to complete two of the picture + first 7/8 tasks. This work completes our planning unit. Remember, you can revise all our planning work at http://www.baldworm.co.uk, or revist the tasks on the pupil wiki, at http://fsg.wikispaces.com/Year+5+Planning+2008-9

Your challenge is to include an exciting opening line and set the scene. Make sure that you visit the links at baldworm.co.uk and revise these key skills.

Please bring in this work a week on Monday.

Model update: Please build your secret spy hq for a week on Wednesday (1st October)
Full details can be found on the post below!

Have fun at Flatford Mill!

Year 3 Creative Writing - First Line & Set the Scene

We are beginning to learn about story structure. With stories, we should
* Open with an exciting first line;
* Then use our descriptive skills to 'set the scene'

Write the opening six lines of the following adventure stories:

1. The Dragon's Cave

2. The Teenager and the Most Untidy Bedroom in the World!

3. The Beautiful Princess and Her Palace of Gold

For each of the titles write an exciting first line and then set the scene using our descriptive techniques. Here is an example by a Year 3 pupil from last year:

"I'm going to eat everybody!" roared the Dragon, breathing fire.
The Dragon lived in a simply enormous cave. The room was higher than a ancient church, and it must have been as big inside as a ship. The dragon slept on a bed of golden straw, but it smelt damp and musty. All through the day and night, bats whispered from the roof of the cave. It felt cold inside - until the dragon breathed out another flame.

Year 3 Creative Writing - Exciting Opening Lines!

L.O. To collect exciting opening lines

Please look through your books at home, and in the library, for five books that begin with an exciting opening line. Bring these books to the lesson next Tuesday!

You can learn why exciting opening lines are so important by clicking here.

Feeling clever? Find some opening lines written in the first person that are based around something surprising.