## Creative writing

I can write a simple review of a film, book or TV programme using a limited range of language. I can clearly signal chronological sequence in narrative texts. I can write simple, relatively short and relatively understandable texts on things I have experienced without any help (such as dictionaries). I can write a report on an important event or a personal experience in a school newspaper (for example my first journey without my parents, about moving house or on a meeting providing information about job opportunities or my future education).

1. Learning how to sequence

When writing a text, it is important to keep your reader engaged and willing to continue reading. One of the techniques you can use to make this happen, is the use of signal words to make clear in what order certain events took place. To learn more about the use of those signal words and how to use them correctly, take a look at this document. Read the explanation and practise with the exercises. Good luck!

2. Review

Write a review after having finished a book, watched a film or series, or after a visit to a museum, a zoo, or an exhibition. In your review, you have to summarise the story you’ve read or watched, explain what you saw in a museum or zoo, or what kind of exhibition you have visited. If you aren’t sure on how to start with your review, take a look at https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Review . After having finished your review, give it to your teacher in order to receive feedback.

Those of you paying attention will have noticed that you can also find the ‘Review’ task under ‘Correspondence’. It goes without saying that you can write multiple reviews!

3. Report on a life event

Have you recently had an important life experience? Think about going on vacation without your parents, moving to a different house, applying for a (new) job, getting a new puppy, going on a (first) date with your boy/girlfriend, etc. Write a report about what happened, in which you give some background information and explain in a certain amount of detail what you did. Think about the signal words you can use (take a look at task 1 on this page) and try to not use a dictionary while writing. When you’re finished, give it to your teacher so you can receive feeback on your writing skills.

4. Finish the Story / Write the Prompt
A fun way to practise your creative writing, is by writing fiction. However, it can be quite daunting to come up with a completely original idea. Therefore, you can use the following websites to get you started. The websites contain writing prompts, which are brief passages of text (or sometimes an image) that provides a potential topic idea for an original piece of writing. Pick one that appeals to you and have fun writing!
https://self-publishingschool.com/fiction-creative-writing-prompts/
https://hobbylark.com/writing/100-short-story-novel-prompts