Short Story Writing - English teaching resource

Telling Tales - Short Story Writing

(Telling Tales - Short Story Writing - English teaching resource featuring 35 slides)

Key Stage 3 English Teaching Resources

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KS3 English Teaching Resources: Telling Tales - Short Story Writing

(35 slide editable PowerPoint presentation)

Telling Tales is a KS3 English teaching resource made up of progressive lessons designed to enhance short story and descriptive writing skills.

English Teaching Resources: Telling Tales - Short Story Writing includes the following activities:

- How to improve descriptive writing skills through the use of plurals, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, punctuation, sentence structure, homophones, show not tell, metaphors and similes

- How to select appropriate and effective vocabulary

- How to identify the five parts of a short story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

- How to use commas in lists

- Progress tracker self assessment tool and peer assessment tasks

- Using complex sentences to improve descriptive writing

- 35 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation

To preview KS3 English Teaching Resources: Telling Tales - Short Story Writing click on the images below from the PowerPoint lessons.

View the complete resource here: http://www.teacher-of-english.com/telling-tales---short-story-writing-teaching-resources-533.html

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