Christmas Creative Writing Pack (KS2)

A complete Christmas creative writing pack for KS2 (ages 7 to 11). Children pick a story starter card at their level, plan with the story mountain, character and setting pages, and write on festive writing paper. There are also ready-to-use frames for six text types, poetry pages, editing practice and a 24-day writing challenge for December. Ready to print in A4 or US Letter.

WHAT’S INSIDE (31 pages)

1. Start here: every page with a suggested level, plus ideas for using the pack
2. Christmas word mat: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and the five senses
3. Writer’s toolkit: fronted adverbials, joining words, similes, metaphors, personification, speech rules and words instead of said
4. 30 story starter cards in 3 levels: Snowflake (Years 3 and 4), Holly (Years 4 and 5) and Star (Years 5 and 6)
5. Story mountain planner, character profile and setting planner
6. What happens next? 4 original story openings to continue
7. Diary of an elf (recount)
8. Persuasive letter to Father Christmas: planner and letter page
9. Newspaper report: The North Pole Times
10. Instructions: how to build the perfect snowman
11. Non-chronological report: all about reindeer, with a fact bank
12. Poetry: five senses poem, WINTER acrostic, haiku and kenning
13. Playscript: The Missing Nice List
14. Uplevel it! 10 sentences to improve
15. Punctuation rescue
16. Christmas writing paper in 3 styles: wide lines, narrow lines, no picture box
17. Writing checklist for self and peer assessment
18. 24-day Christmas writing challenge (1 to 24 December)
19. Christmas Star Writer certificate
20. Answer keys and example answers

WHY YOU’LL LIKE IT

• 3 levels in one pack, so a whole class or siblings of different ages can use it
• Written in British English with KS2 terms (fronted adverbials, inverted commas, Years 3 to 6)
• Every text type page has a features checklist, so children know what to include
• All stories, openings and example poems are original
• Undated, so you can use it every Christmas

WHAT YOU GET

• 2 PDF files: A4 and US Letter (same 31 pages)

HOW IT WORKS

• Print at 100% / actual size at home, at school or at a print shop
• Print only the pages you need, as many times as you like for your own family or class
• The files are not editable.