Year 5 Creative Writing (WA)

Term Tutoring

Available during our term tutoring, for students in L3 to L6 (WA). Conducted under the guidance of teachers who will motivate students and develop their skills to become successful writers.

Course Goals
  • Develop skills in writing effective topic sentences
  • Develop essay writing skills
  • Develop character analysis skills
  • Develop plot techniques
  • Develop knowledge of text types: formal letter writing, diary opinion, descriptions and news articles
  • Develop techniques for inspiring creativity
Course Structure
  • 0.5 hour lessons, once during the week and once on the weekend
  • 10 weeks per term. Please check our timetable for course schedule and pricing
  • Small class group based
  • Experienced educators
Course Outline

Term 1
Week 1 — NAPLAN preparation
Week 2 — NAPLAN preparation
Week 3 — NAPLAN preparation
Week 4 — Writing a Report
Week 5 — Midterm Assessment
Week 6 — Conversation and Dialogue
Week 7 — Imagery – Similes
Week 8 — Imagery – Metaphors
Week 9 — Imagery – Personification
Week 10 — Not What you expected!

Term 2
Week 1 — Character Description
Week 2 — Specific Poetic Forms
Week 3 — Procedural Texts
Week 4 — A person – a place – a happening
Week 5 — Using Dialogue
Week 6 — Test + Writing a discussion text
Week 7 — Developing your discussion writing skills
Week 8 — Clear and effective writing
Week 9 — Writing a Biography
Week 10 — Writing an autobiography

Term 3
Week 1 — Lyric poetry
Week 2 — Narrative texts – fantasy genre
Week 3 — Narrative texts – continuity
Week 4 — Narrative texts – Adventure genre
Week 5 — Drama – Play scripts
Week 6 — Free verse
Week 7 — Thinking on your feet
Week 8 — Recounts – Personal & Imaginative
Week 9 — Theme & Style
Week 10 — Characterisation

Term 4
Week 1 — Fables
Week 2 — Constructing a diary
Week 3 — Discussion Essays
Week 4 — Correspondence
Week 5 — Writing from a stimulus
Week 6 — Writing an Exposition
Week 7 — Literary Description
Week 8 — News Articles
Week 9 — Discussion Texts
Week 10 — A year of growth & challenges

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