Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - PowerPoint

Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - 5th Grade 4th Grade and 6 English programme of study - Writing - composition This upper Elementary School teaching resource is designed to help pupils improve their creative writing skills through effective character creation. It covers many of the curriculum requirements of the 4th Grade and 6 English programme of study listed above. Content includes: - A study of how Charles Dickens presents the character of Magwitch in the opening pages of Great Expectations - An analysis of how writers convey character through the use of description, dialogue and action - An exploration of the; key ingredients of effective character creation - A guide to building a character profile - with an example text - A guide to transforming a character profile into a piece of prose which presents a credible character to the reader - A model text to help pupils through the creative process - 4 accompanying worksheets