Creative Writing For KS3: A Technique Guide

The Creative Writing Guide for KS3 is an outstanding resource for both tutors and students. This guide covers a plethora of different writing tasks ranging from storytelling (verbal prompt) to formal letters and even newspaper articles. The array of exemplar pieces is both impressive and useful – I am confident that young writers will really enjoy using this wonderful guide!A helpful feature is the vocab key at the bottom of each page which aids students with sophisticated vocabulary, so this guide can even be used for increasing students’ vocabulary.As with all of the Accolade Press guides, this is exceptionally good value for money because of the quality and quantity throughout the book. I will be bold and state that this is quite possibly the best KS3 Creative Writing Guide on the market right now!

I'm very impressed with this book. It moves on from 11+ and onto the next step for sons writing. This is a great addition for the library. It is one of those books that you can dabble in and out of for many years to come.My son has only been using it for a little while but what we have found useful are all the examples it includes of all the possible homework/exam possibilities he is likely to be set over the next few years. As there are examples included it is great to see what the expectations are in order to achieve those top marks.I doubt this is a book you would read all in one go but use and when needed. It is all clearly marked and certainly a great help.A great little find.

This book truly delivers. It is well-written to aid students who want to work independently at home and to strengthen their writing skills. This book stretches and challenges students breaking down the key elements of creative writing. It has excellent exemplars which not only teach the students how to write effectively - but expands vocabulary and its usage – a key skill required for GCSE English Language (Paper 1: Section B). In addition, this resource – instead of just listing what the student must do; encourages and supports students to practice by modelling what they have learnt.As a teacher/tutor of KS3, KS4 and KS5 students (English Language and Literature) this resource prepares the groundwork for KS4 English Language.I received a digital copy of this resource.

This is a great option that fills a distinct gap in the market. Although there are many places you can find practice papers to try and prompts for creative writing, there are very few step-by-step guides like this one that show the student what he or she needs to do to improve the pieces they are writing. The exemplar pieces are an excellent opportunity to see what works well and what doesn't and, in many cases, they give the students something to emulate when writing.I am a tutor, and have been looking for a resource like this for years. It is definitely for a more able candidate, as it sets off at quite a sophisticated level, and there's certainly lots to read, but it will certainly be sitting at the centre of my KS3 writing classes from now on. Highly recommend.

This is an extremely user friendly resource to help students learn how to improve their creative writing.Exemplar texts are the perfect length to analyse in one sitting with each technique clearly explained from showing not telling, using metaphors and frontal adverbials, how to build tension, creating a beginning/middle and end, how to describe effectively etc. Supporting pictures are also very effective to explaining how creative writing is all about painting a picture and using all the senses to describe a scene.Excellent book - I will definitely be using this resource to help teach my students.

This book uses a transparent format to show students of higher ability how to appreciate good writing and how to fine-tune their own writing. The stories and texts are engaging and excerpts are dissected to reveal their linguistic component parts, enabling students to understand how a piece of writing is crafted. The analysis of techniques is accessible but thorough, avoiding onerous lists of terminology; instead the linguistic terms are interwoven usefully into the analysis and exemplified.

This is a great guide to really help students develop their writing skills - the use of the model responses really helps and it is a fantastic book to help stretch their writing to a higher level.

This is an excellent book. It guides my son through his writing step by step, very detailed. It shows a lot of exemplar pieces so it's easy to understand. It contains all the writing skills for KS3/GCSE. A must-have book for a secondary student! Highly recommended.