2024-2025 Creative Writing Dates Launched

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2024-2025 Creative Writing Dates Launched 〰️ Online and In-Person 〰️

2024-2025 dates Launched
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Creative Writing is an integral part of most 11+ Grammar and Independent School entrance exams and could be the deciding factor in your child securing a place at your first-choice school. Also, it is not the easiest of the entrance exam element either.

What is Creative Writing?
Creative writing for entrance exams is where your child will be assessed on creativity, formulation of sentences, continuous engagement with the reader (i.e. the Examiner), use of advanced vocabulary, SPaG and a lot more under strict time constraints. It is a continuous learning journey and, unlike Maths, cannot be mastered in a short span of time.

How can we help?
With our unique and proven approach, we extricate the creative flair within our students and blossom their love of writing with step-by-step guidance. These engaging, interactive and fun sessions are a surefire way to instil key techniques and understanding required for the entrance exams. In the past, this course has also benefited KS3 students.

Key acronyms and checklists are thoroughly embedded during this course so your child will structure and utilise their time efficiently to produce an impressive writing text in the 'real' exam.

Begin your journey with us now and give your child the best chance to 'ace' the entrance exams.

Course Objectives:

> Thoroughly understand the instructions
> Come up with an impressive idea
> Develop a story with strong start and finish
> Learn to plan for effective structure
> Create new settings, plots and characters
> Use of ambitious vocabulary
> How to generate continuous engagement with the reader (i.e. the Examiner)
> Conceive techniques to critique own writing for self-development
> Have fun and much more...

Course Outline:

Weeks 1 - 6: Deep dive into the theory (including advanced Figurative Language, Show Not Tell, Senses, Colours and much more) and apply it in different writing tasks each week.

Weeks 7 - 12: Application of everything that we have learnt over the last six weeks to different types of creative writing (descriptive, narrative, persuasive, expository) using simple checklists and key techniques for each type of writing text.

> Sessions are delivered online on Zoom and in-person at Harris Academy Sutton (SM2 5QP).
> Joining instructions and course material will be emailed well in advance of each session.
> Worksheets will be emailed every week in advance.
> Weekly homework will be marked and emailed with personalised feedback.

TESTIMONIALS

FEES

Fees Include:

> 90-min session every week
> FREE IXL (adaptive online portal)* (worth £99 annually)
> Tutor-led sessions by Creative Writing Expert
> Homework marking with personalised feedback
> Checklists for different genres of writing
> Vocabulary Booster Programme
> Small group size (max. 8 students)

We accept:

Childcare Vouchers

Tax-Free Childcare

BACS (bank transfer)

Cash

Flexible payment options are available. Please contact us for more information.

* For the duration of the Creative Writing Course only. All fees are non-refundable.

Creative Writing Course Dates

Academic Year 2024 - 2025