A hedgehog’s discovery – KS3 French creative writing worksheet

A KS3 French creative writing worksheet built around a short magical narrative. Students follow Gustave, a curious hedgehog, through a model text before planning and writing their own continuation of his discovery. The resource combines vocabulary development, reading comprehension and structured creative writing in one coherent sequence.

What’s included:

• Nature-themed vocabulary matching task
• Translation gap-fill activity introducing key words
• Short reading text with 8 comprehension questions and detailed vocabulary support
• Guided planning grid to help structure ideas (when, where, actions, mystery, emotions)
• Story prompts to spark imagination
• Scaffolded creative writing task with clear success criteria
• All answers provided
• Available in PDF and editable PPTX, in colour and black-and-white versions

Designed for upper KS3 French, the worksheet focuses on the present tense to ensure accessibility, while allowing teachers to extend challenge with alternative tenses.

I hope you and your students enjoy this resource.

You might also like these related writing resources in my shop:

• Investigations with an owl – KS3 French creative writing worksheet
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