Writing Effective Story Openings - Worksheet

Elementary School English Teaching Resources: Writing Effective Story Openings is a 15 slide PowerPoint presentation with accompanying worksheets. This lesson includes a range of tasks and activities designed to help pupils create effective story settings. The PowerPoint contains: - A guide to selecting an effective setting - An analysis of how writers convey mood, tension and atmosphere through the use of setting - A guide to using the senses to create descriptive imagery - with an example text - A guide to trans and notes into a piece of descriptive prose which establishes setting and engages the reader - A model text to help students through the creative process