KS3 Creative Writing: Creating Characters

This lesson focuses on the creation of interesting and believable characters. It is aimed at lower ability KS3 and follows on from the ‘Developing Skills in Creative Writing’ series:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/developing-skills-in-creative-writing-12079150

However, it can stand alone.

Lesson Structure:

• Do Now Task - see cover image
• Feedback slide
• How many of the following statements in relation to fictional characters do you think are true or false?
• Feedback slide
• The importance of creative interesting and believable characters, with two examples.
• The major ‘Do’s’ and ‘Do Not’s’ of character creation
• Character planning worksheet task
• Tell a friend about your character
• Write an extract from your character’s story, with WAGOLL. The WAGOLL is about a penguin who has never learnt to swim.
• Peer Assessment
• Review