1. Year 7 descriptive writing

2. Improve these boring sentences!
Belle was beautiful
Gaston stomped down the street
Belle looked up at the castle
The rose petals fell
The castle was freezing
The beast roared
You should:
Try to use figurative language (a simile, metaphor, personification.)
You could use the senses to create a vivid description
Challenge:
Can you show not tell?

3. Does anyone know the basic plot of Beauty and the Beast?
A selfish young prince turns an old beggar woman away when she offers him a rose in exchange for shelter for the night. He wrongly judged by appearances because he only cares about beauty. She is actually a beautiful enchantress and turns him into a beast. Flash forward nine years and a bit. In a nearby village, the beautiful Belle doesn’t want to marry local "hero," Gaston and is generally bored with village life. He father Maurice gets lost and ends up at the beast’s castle who locks him up for trespassing. Belle agrees to take her father’s place in prison and gradually over time Belle and the Beast (the prince) fall in love and the spell is broken.

4. Describe the beast
Outside your outline describe the way he looks (his eyes, mouth, horns)
Inside the outline you should describe his inner thoughts (how he must feel now he’s ugly and cursed)

5. Reading the extract
Write a PEA about how Belle feels and what she learns
What do you think the moral of the story is?
Challenge:
Look up any words which you don’t understand and create a mini glossary!
Remember:
P)oint
E)vidence
A)nalysis

6. It’s time to confess! Either:
Write a diary entry from the beast’s perspective (now a prince) sharing what you’ve learnt
You should aim to use the senses, and use at least one simile or metaphor OR
Write a gossip column or blog in which you confess all from the perspective of Belle
You should aim to use the senses, and use at least one simile or metaphor