Monday, 17 September 2012

Visualisation - 'Of Mice and Men' opening

Here is Mr Long's amazing visualisation of the opening. No laughing please!

 
 



In front of a tree, there was a ray of light.

Here is the opening line we created today. Please post your story openings here or in the image 2 comment bank. Great stuff! Well done everybody!

Creative writing - Setting the scene

In class today we listened to (and read) the opening of John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' to explore how he establishes setting and character.








Thursday, 6 September 2012

What is 'creativity'? What does it mean to be 'creative'?

Exploring Creativity


Today we started to explore how music and images can inspire creative thinking. Please leave any comments here in response to the lesson and ideas we discussed.