Expressive Punctuation: Commas
Develop greater sensitivity to how you can use commas for expressive effect.
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Expressive Punctuation: Em dashes
Use em dashes as a piece of expressive punctuation.
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11
Expressive Punctuation: Contrasting sentence lengths
Learn to adjust sentence length for expressive effect.
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11
Expressive Punctuation: Semicolons
Use semicolons to express relationship between ideas or to separate items in a list.
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15
Proofreading exercises with Burning for Revenge - Short snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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Proofreading exercises with Burning for Revenge - Mid-length snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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Proofreading exercises with Burning for Revenge - Long snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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Proofreading exercises with Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Short snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Mid-length snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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Proofreading exercises with Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Long snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with The Hunger Games - Long snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with The Hunger Games - Mid-length snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with The Hunger Games - Short snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with All the Light We Cannot See - Long snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with All the Light We Cannot See - Mid-length snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Proofreading exercises with All the Light We Cannot See - Short snippets
Practise fixing basic spelling and punctuation mistakes.
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17
Dialogue Basics Activity 10: Writing dialogue
Practise writing dialogue with correct punctuation.
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Memory and typing drills with Burning for Revenge - Long snippets
Practice basic typing, spelling, punctuation and reading skills.
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19
Memory and typing drills with Burning for Revenge - Mid-length snippets
Practice basic typing, spelling, punctuation and reading skills.
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16
Memory and typing drills with Burning for Revenge - Short snippets
Practice basic typing, spelling, punctuation and reading skills.
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16
Connectors and an introduction to complex meaning
Understand how connectors create relationships between events, and use a variety of connectors to control meaning.
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15
Narrative Basics Lesson 4: Speech and Dialogue
Teach students to write richer and more authentic dialogue in Middle Years narratives.
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21
Science fantasy worldbuilding in Phoenix 6: Lasers, camera, action!
Describe a multi-agent battle scene which follows a miniature dramatic arc.
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9
Science fantasy worldbuilding in Phoenix 7: Cosmic threats
Describe a threat or phenomenon that doesn't fit our normal model of reality.
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7
Genre Mix 01 (Middle years)
Practise quickly mimicking a voice or style.
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7
Christmas Genre (Middle Years)
Practise quickly mimicking a voice or style.
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7
Lists & hierarchies
Learn to gather raw facts and explore ways of organising, relating, and presenting them.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 01: Greeting
Write a line of dialogue where one character greets another.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 02: Commanding
Write a line of dialogue where one character commands another to do something.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 03: Asking questions
Write a short dialogue where a character asks a question.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 04: Giving information
Write a line of dialogue where one character is giving information, in a way that reveals something about them.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 05: Telling a story
Write a dialogue where one character is telling a story.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 06: Encouraging
Write a dialogue where one character encourages another.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 07: Teasing
Write a dialogue where one or more characters tease another.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 08: Intimidating
Write a dialogue where one character is trying to intimidate another.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 09: Making plans
Write a short dialogue where characters make plans with each other.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 11: Speech tags
Write a short dialogue exchange using speech tags to show which character is talking.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 13: Blending dialogue with action
Write a short dialogue where speech and action are blended together.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 14: Capturing voice
Write a line of dialogue that captures a character's unique voice.
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Dialogue Basics Activity 16: Checkpoint
Write a short scene with rich and authentic dialogue.
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