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  1. 25 Awesome Story Ideas for Creative Writing for GCSE English Language

    II. Desire. [6] Small child really wants cake but has been forbidden from taking it down from the shelf. Start this story with the child lusting after the cake, which you should describe - baking, decorating etc - in delicious detail. [ read a short, very funny version of this here]

  2. 10+ GCSE creative writing ideas, prompts and plot lines

    Retold Fable. Prompt: Modernize a classic fable or story, such as the Boy Who Cried Wolf, in a contemporary setting. Potential Story Directions: The story could be set in a modern city, exploring current social issues. It might be told from a different perspective, offering a fresh take on the moral of the story.

  3. Top 150 Short Story Ideas

    We've got you covered. Below are 150 short story ideas for all your favorite genres. You can use them as a book idea, as writing prompts for writing contests , for stories to publish in literary magazines, or just for fun! Editor's note: This is a recurring guide, regularly updated with ideas, new story prompts, and information.

  4. Insider GCSE creative writing tips + 106 prompts from past papers

    Unit 2 Reading and Writing: Description, Narration and Exposition gives two prompts to choose between, for an account and an essay perhaps, and Unit 3: Reading and Writing: Argumentation, Persuasion and Instructional sets up a letter, or similar. Jump ahead to WJEC Eduqas non-fiction writing prompts from past GCSE papers.

  5. GCSE English language: 10+ tips for creative writing

    READ MORE: > 10+ GCSE creative writing ideas, prompts and plot lines Mastering Narrative Structure. A good story has a clear structure - a beginning, middle, and end. The beginning should hook the reader, the middle should build the story, and the end should provide a satisfying conclusion.

  6. How To Write The PERFECT Creative Writing Story In 5 Steps!

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  7. Writing prompts for English Language GCSE

    Slow your writing down. Both of these writing prompts are great for s-l-o-w writing. Slow writing is the opposite of a quick write. The idea is to write slowly, precisely, carefully, selecting each word intentionally. Slow writing can take 5 minutes with one sentence and 30 minutes with a paragraph. Write these moments of action (or inaction ...

  8. Writing Skills

    Narration - the voice that tells the story, either first person (I/me) or third person (he/him/she/her). This needs to have the effect of interesting your reader in the story with a warm and ...

  9. English Language GCSE: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Creative Writing

    Before embarking on your creative writing journey, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the assessment criteria is imperative. The evaluators of your English language GCSE creative writing piece will scrutinise several key areas: the coherence of your narrative structure, range of ideas you explore, the variety and complexity of your sentence structures, and the precision of your spelling ...

  10. 50 GCSE English Creative Writing and Story Writing Prompts

    50 GCSE English Creative Writing and Story Writing Prompts. Subject: Creative writing. Age range: 14-16. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. docx, 220.6 KB. 50 varied and fun ideas for writing shot stories. Ideal to use individually for the whole class to write the same story or to use as a whole and let the students choose a prompt.

  11. How to Structure Creative Writing for GCSE

    To enhance your children's GCSE creative writing skills, allocate time for practice. Plan a structure for creative writing to guide children in organising their thoughts and managing time during the GCSE exam. Apply this structure to various exam questions, such as short stories or describing events.

  12. Creative Writing Tips

    1. HAVE A BANK OF STORY PLOT LINES READY. One of our top tips for any creative writing exam, is to have a bank of easily adapted plot ideas up your sleeve. Time is precious in an exam and you need to spend minimal time thinking, leaving you with the maximum amount of time to crack on with your writing! 2.

  13. Writing: Crafting Creative Writing Revision

    In a creative writing question where you have more free reign, like a story or description, there are different ways to experiment with structure.. The basic story arc of beginning, middle and end that you may already be familiar with can be subverted, through a different perspective than the expected main character.; Or the perspective could shift halfway through to give another character's ...

  14. Paper 1 Question 5: Creative Writing

    Paper 1 Question 5 is the writing question. It asks you to apply what you know about imaginative and creative fiction writing, such as in the text you read in Section A, and use these same techniques in your own writing. AO5 rewards you for your ideas, as well as the style and the fluency of your writing. As this task is worth 50% of the paper ...

  15. 2 Grade 9 Creative Writing Examples

    2 Grade 9 Creative Writing Examples. I recently asked my year 11s to pen a piece of description and/or narrative writing for their mini assessment. I gave them the following prompts: Your school wants you to contribute to a collection of creative writing. EITHER: Write a short story as suggested by this picture:

  16. Paper 1 Question 5: Creative Writing Model Answer

    Below you will find a detailed creative writing model in response to an example of Paper 1 Question 5, under the following sub-headings (click to go straight to that sub-heading): Writing a GCSE English Language story; Structuring your story; AO5: Content and organisation; AO6: Technical accuracy; Question 5 Level 4 model story

  17. Creative, imaginative & narrative writing

    Published: 27/01/2022. One of the great pleasures - and challenges - of teaching English is helping students to develop their own 'voice' and style as writers of short stories. Assessing their creative, imaginative, descriptive and narrative writing skills at GCSE is a different matter, and can prove to be less rewarding for students, as ...

  18. GCSE English: 3 tips to improve creative writing

    1. Give students the steps in the story. Sending students into an assessment or exam in which they have no idea what they're going to be faced with is counterproductive. As teachers, we know the structures required for success. In creative writing, the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful short story is a sense of a "complete ...

  19. Writing

    Writing fiction - AQA. Writing fiction is an opportunity to come up with creative and original ways of using language. You might find inspiration from your own experiences or from your imagination.

  20. GCSE English Language creative story plan generator

    Story Plan Generator. Plan your story! This story plan generator can currently generate 74.9 * 1015 unique plans. Now that's a lot of stories! Buy Grade 9 GCSE English model answers now from only £5.99. Extra guidance on how to use this generator is available below.

  21. AQA English Revision

    Paper 1:Creative Writing. Paper 1: Creative Writing. In the exam you're normally given two options: a descriptive piece or a narrative piece. Neither is worth more or less than the other so it's up to you to choose which suits you best. Though describing the same thing for 45 minutes can see a little tough, I'd argue that the description is ...

  22. A Collection of GCSE Short Stories (Grades 6-9)

    docx, 20.41 KB. A collection of GCSE short stories written by students for their exam. All were marked between Grade 6-9. Some have strong voices, some effective description or unusual settings/situations, some are well structured, some convey intense emotion whilst others are plot-driven. A real range. They could be used to inspire other GCSE ...

  23. Short Story

    The ocean seemed to stare me in the face and looking at it gave me a headache. I noticed the waves breaking closer to the shore. In a hurry, I turned around and limped across the beach, in search of higher ground, with a trail of blood following me. I became drowsy as I stood upon the sandy island, only coming across the occasional palm tree.

  24. How To Write a Story

    It contains a step by step approach to write a fantastic story. This resource is suitable for ESL Learners - Young and Old who desire to write their ideas and craft their imagination and experiences into a masterpiece. A worksheet is attached (Story Mountain) which will help the learners master the art of writing stories that are out of this world!