Lesson Challenges

The following HPL Challenge can be adapted for all key stages and is a great way of revising all of the ACP and VAA's. Encouraging students on how to graft a great story that is addictive to read and with a satisfying end, requires character development. And the best way to develop a character is to be really agile in your thinking and find yourself, as a writer, in their shoes. Students must consider the qualities that make a good hero and villain, what ACPs and VAAs each of them have and do not have and design their own hero, villain and plot as a result. 

The following HPL Challenge can be used for all key stages, although with younger students it may be easier to phrase in terms of writing a diary/journal. This is a great way of giving freedom to students on what to write about, encouraging them to process their thoughts and reflect on their feelings around significant events or relationships

The following HPL Challenge can be used for all key stages and is a fun way to get your learners writing and thinking of imaginative ways of creating suspense! It is particularly good for students who may not have the attention to write a complete story and allow them to really focus on getting a great start!

The following HPL Challenge is a great example of how to find and practise the ACPs and VAAs in any story. This one page template could be adapted for any book your learners are reading, at any age. 

The following HPL Challenge can be used for all key stages and is a fun way to get your learners writing. 

The learner challenge is to write a story in just 6 words. Some great examples are;

• Set sail. Great storm. All lost.
• A thousand wrinkles. A thousand stories. 

The following HPL Challenge can be used for all key stages and is a fun way to get your learners writing. 

The learner challenge is to choose one of the song titles from The Greatest Showman and use the title to produce a piece of writing. The learner can create as many pieces of writing as they like and can even produce a full tracklist! The writing can be fiction or non-fiction. It does not need to be related to the film in any way.

Here are the songs, encourage them to listen for some inspiration: 

It's important that the learner:

• Thinks about and plans their writing carefully.
• Drafts out their piece before creating the final version.
• Saves a copy of their plan and their final piece so that they can see their progress from the starting point. 
• Reads it aloud so that they can hear what it sounds like.

We've put together a simple presentation you can use to introduce the lesson to your learners. Download the PDF by clicking the link below. 

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