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Creative and descriptive writing

Resources for KS3, KS4 and upper secondary

Let your students’ creativity run wild with our selection of worksheets, lessons, exam questions and revision activities, designed to embed language techniques and improve crafted writing.

Lessons and activities

Creative and descriptive writing is a great opportunity for students to explore different themes, audiences and purposes as well as demonstrate their understanding of how structure and punctuation can be used to impact a reader. From creative writing prompts to technique booklets and descriptive writing planning mats, we have drawn together a small collection of resources you can use to help with your planning of this unit.

Descriptive  / Creative Writing

Descriptive / Creative Writing

Manipulating structure and punctuation for creative writing

Manipulating structure and punctuation for creative writing

Descriptive Writing Task

Descriptive Writing Task

AQA Paper 1 Question 5 Descriptive Writing

AQA Paper 1 Question 5 Descriptive Writing

Crafting creative writing - AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 5

Crafting creative writing - AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 5

Creative/ Descriptive Writing Placemat: Image Prompt: Structure Strips

Creative/ Descriptive Writing Placemat: Image Prompt: Structure Strips

Structuring and Organising Creative Writing

Structuring and Organising Creative Writing

Descriptive Writing

Descriptive Writing

Gothic Horror Creative Writing Lesson

Gothic Horror Creative Writing Lesson

24 creative writing prompts

24 creative writing prompts

Places - Creative & Descriptive Writing - English Language GCSE

Places - Creative & Descriptive Writing - English Language GCSE

FREE LESSON creative writing AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5

FREE LESSON creative writing AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5

Descriptive writing booklet

Descriptive writing booklet

Key learning and revision.

To help your students practise crafting their creative pieces, we have pulled together a selection of resources from structure strips to exam questions to support your students when tackling such a large part of the English language exam.

AQA English Language Paper 1: Question 5 Examples

AQA English Language Paper 1: Question 5 Examples

English Language Paper One Question Five Revision & Exam Practice Questions

English Language Paper One Question Five Revision & Exam Practice Questions

Descriptive writing structure strips

Descriptive writing structure strips

AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5: Creative Writing Booklet

AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5: Creative Writing Booklet

Language Paper 1: Question 5 Creative Writing

Language Paper 1: Question 5 Creative Writing

Planning a Descriptive Response to AQA English Paper 1, Question 5

Planning a Descriptive Response to AQA English Paper 1, Question 5

Drop, Shift, Zoom, Leave Examples for Paper 1 Question 5

Drop, Shift, Zoom, Leave Examples for Paper 1 Question 5

Gcse revision resources.

Support your students in the run-up to May with this bumper collection of GCSE revision English language and English literature revision resources.

Teacher essentials

Explore this collection of essential resources including starter and plenary activities, templates, marking and feedback tools and more.

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