Lesson overview

Introduction
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
everyday life
childhood
self conscious
rants
observation
tangents
characterisation
describing relationships
growing up
comedy
coming of age
school
first person narration
compare and contrast
judging
conversational language
opinions
descriptive detail
expansion
physical detail
style
voice
humour
Quick and fun. One picture, five exercises in different writing styles: self-conscious kid, ranting kid, observant kid, distracted kid, and social kid. Students are give a snippet and a worked example, and they write their own version. Who can do the best impression? Each exercise stands alone. Do one each day, or do them all in one go.