Homework – Creative Writing
20 – 30 minutes
“Then I see Mr Munnings standing on the school steps cracking
his knuckles in the suddenly silent school yard. He has tufty cheeks and a big
belly
under his waistcoat. He has a gold watch open in his hand. It’s
his eyes that are frightening and I know they are searching me out.”
Michael Morpurgo uses specific
adjectives and verbs to describe Mr Munnings. He also ‘shows’ us that he is a
frightening character, by giving clues, rather than just telling the reader
that he is frightening.
Your task: write
an excellent descriptive paragraph about a character that you could use in a
story. (Just like the one above) You can use the ideas below, or choose one of
your own.
1.
A person that you
love
2. A lost young child
3. A person that you think is funny
4. A person you know that is very strict
5. A person that feels very angry about something
6.
This picture:
¨ Using lively and interesting vocabulary (you may use a
thesaurus)
¨ Accurate spelling
¨ Accurate punctuation
¨ Varied sentence structure
I expect you to check all of these
things before you hand in your homework. You may wish to re-draft your work to
make it as good as it can possibly be. If so, hand in both versions so I can
see what improvements you have made.
