Writing Fiction - Creating Characters

Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - Year 6 Year 5 and 6 English programme of study - Writing - composition This upper KS2 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 Year 5 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