English Language Paper 1 Question 5 40 marks

Before you begin to write a story, you will need to create a character.

Character biography 1. What is your character’s name, gender and age? 2. Where is

Meet James… • Former British army corporal • Served in Afghanistan • Struggled with

Over to your character… For each of the scenarios and locations below, write down

Writing task: You are now going to use your character to write a detailed

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English Language Paper 1, Question 5: 40 marks CREATIVE WRITING (A 05)- content + ideas 24 marks (A 06) SPAG 16 marks Any combination of following: q. DESCRIPTIVE writing- painting an image q. NARRATIVE writing- start telling a story.

Year 10 – Narrative writing practice

Before you begin to write a story, you will need to create a character. • Create a character you know inside and out. • Write him/her a biography (parents, place of birth, childhood events, faith, culture, beliefs…) • Use the questions on the next slide to write your character’s initial biography. Add as much detail as possible.

Character biography 1. What is your character’s name, gender and age? 2. Where is she/he from? 3. What is/were his/her family like? 4. What is his/her religion or belief system? 5. Do she/he have a job or any past occupations? 6. Do she/he have any traumatic or difficult events in his/her past? 7. What are the key obstacles in his/her life right now? 8. What are the best things about his/her life right now? 9. If his/her house was on fire, what is the one thing he/she would try to save? 10. If he/she was arrested, who would he/she call? 11. Does he/she find it easy to speak up for him/herself and ask for what he/she want/need? Or would he/she struggle to do this? 12. Would he/she rather be poor and healthy or rich and ill?

Meet James… • Former British army corporal • Served in Afghanistan • Struggled with PTSD since coming back home • Currently homeless. Struggling to find long term work. • Comes from a loving Caribbean family in Brixton, but his parents have died. He has no siblings.

Over to your character… For each of the scenarios and locations below, write down ideas about how your character would act, speak and move: In a music festival A doctor’s appointment A library In an exam What would he/she do if he/she found money on the floor in an A&E hospital? • What would your character do if he/she woke up somewhere he/she didn’t recognise? • • • Try to include as much detail as possible.

Writing task: You are now going to use your character to write a detailed description of the following scene: Your character is sitting in the park playing on his/her phone. Describe the scene in third person. Try to include as much detail as possible.