Creative writing for young learners

11-12 years

Short Story
Week 4 Lesson 1

Personalised Short Stories

Writing about ourselves is an easy place to begin as it is a subject that we know more about
than anyone.
1. Make a list of five things you're afraid of happening to you.
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2. Now make a list of some of your habits (good/bad).

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3. Invent a character who has one of these habits, but a much worse case of it than you
have. Then, think about how this habit can lead to one of the situations from the first
list.
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