YEAR NINE WRITING CHALLENGE ‘ THE BONES OF ST.BONS ’

YOUR PROJECT WILL LAST THREE WEEKS WILL BE COMPLETED ON WIKISPACE WHICH WILL BE CHECKED EVERY FRIDAY WILL INVOLVE ONE-ON-ONE WORK DURING AN ENGLISH CLASS IN THESE THREE WEEKS WILL NOT INVOLVE EXTRA CLASSES WILL BE ANALYSED/ASSESSED AND SUBMITTED TO YOUR YR 10 TEACHER FOR GCSE COURSEWORK

THE BONES OF ST.BONS A WRITING PROJECT YOU WILL WRITE A STORY ABOUT A GHOST HAUNTING OF THE SCHOOL YOU WILL WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR THE LOCAL PAPER, DOCUMENTING THIS HAUNTING… WITHOUT PROMPTS, YOU WILL WRITE A LETTER TO PARENTS FROM MR. FOSTER FOLLOWING THE HAUNTING…

FLAP: TODAY WE WILL READ AND DISCUSS THE TEXTS IN OUR PACKS 1.DIVIDE THE TEXTS INTO TWO GENRES 2.FLAP THE TWO TYPES OF TEXT 3.HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? CREATE TWO HEADINGS AND LIST SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MUST DO IN EACH PIECE OF WRITING TO CREATE THE RIGHT TYPE OF WRITING

DISCUSSION TIME WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN YOUR STORY? WHAT COULD ST.BONS HAVE BEEN BEFORE IT WAS A SCHOOL? WHAT WOULD HAUNT IT? * NO REAL PEOPLE ARE TO BE USED IN THIS STORY BUT USE THE BUILDING FOR INSPIRATION!

THE PROJECT

WEEK ONE COMPLETE ALL PREPARATORY SLIDES BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR TASK: TASK ONE SUBMISSION DATE : FRIDAY DESCRIPTION: WRITE A STORY ABOUT A GHOST HAUNTING THE CORRIDORS OF ST. BONS…THE BONES OF ST. BONS

A HELPING HAND… THE STORY Cleverly constructed characters Character Description Study the following webpage and consider how Dahl created characters very cleverly in The Landlady

VARYING YOUR SENTENCE LENGTH Read through the page: S-Cool | Varying sentences

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUNCTUATION The Dark Wood …Just carry the punctuation marks to their right destination. Bin any marks you don’t need on the left and check your marks on the left also…

CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED PARAGRAPHS FOR EFFECT Read the following for tips… Writing Effective Paragraphs

DESCRIBE! THE FIVE SENSES NEW AND EXCITING VOCABULARY A BUILD UP OF TENSION FOR THE READER Look at describing scenes and characters here:BBC - Education Scotland - Standard Grade Bitesize Revision - English - Writing in a Specific Literary Form - Descriptive Writing: 5BBC - Education Scotland - Standard Grade Bitesize Revision - English - Writing in a Specific Literary Form - Descriptive Writing: 5 EXTRA TASK: REMEMBER HOW YOU PICKED OUT EXAMPLES OF DESCRIPTIVE WRITING FROM YOUR STORIES…GO BACK AND REVISE YOUR WORK…

WEEK TWO Complete all preparatory steps before completing your article TASK TWO SUBMISSION DATE : FRIDAY DESCRIPTION: WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE HAUNTING FOR THE NEWHAM TIMES

THE ARTICLE LOTS OF INFORMATION SOME TIPS ON HOW TO INFORM…Englishbiz - InformEnglishbiz - Inform

Make it look right! Check out the advice on this page. Why not use the template for the article too? How to write a newspaper article - Children and Teenagers Pages - Bedfordshire's Virtual Library

REMEMBER! SHORT PARAGRAPHS WITH KEY FACTS/USE OF HEADINGS WHY,WHAT, WHERE, WHEN,WHO AND HOW? EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS CLEAR, CONCISE LANGUAGE

INDEPENDENT WORK TASK THREE SUBMISSION DATE : FRIDAY DESCRIPTION: WRITE A LETTER FROM MR. FOSTER FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT… (MAKE SURE YOU FLAP IT FIRST!)