a proposal for something you intend to do

cause someone to believe something that is not true

a way of organising your paragraph into three sections: a topic sentence, supporting detail and a concluding sentence

Planning fiction writing about a malevolent character

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Crafting malevolent characters

Crafting physical description for malevolent characters

Using vocabulary effectively in fiction writing

Using figurative language effectively for character description

Contrasting characters: using juxtaposition

Crafting character through dialogue

Describing setting and developing tone

Using paragraphs effectively

Writing fiction about a malevolent character

In 'Malevolent Characters', pupils focus on a range of writing skills including how to describe the setting through action, create shifts in tone, paragraph effectively and use punctuation purposefully. In 'Science Fiction Writing', pupils further develop these writing skills, with a particular focus on the science fiction genre and how to write in this style. 

In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils explore the importance of narrative structure, looking at ways in which they can manipulate the traditional five-act structure. In 'Malevolent Characters', pupils delve deeper into the differences between narrative and descriptive writing, honing in on the skills needed to describe characters inspired by famous villains. 

In this unit, pupils create and write malevolent characters. They first look at the conventions of malevolent characters, before learning about the techniques they can use to present their malevolent characters. They finally plan and write their fiction with a malevolent character in it.

Malevolent characters: fiction writing

When planning your writing, using single {{}} outlines can help organise your ideas.

Starting with the first, put the steps of a single paragraph outline in order.

using sensory details and building suspense

What could be included in a plan to reveal a character’s malevolence?

When planning dialogue, what should you focus on to reveal character traits?

A {{}} criteria can act as an excellent guide to what you could include in your writing.

When you plan your writing, you should plan the {{}} that you will use.

a detailed description of physical appearance

Which of these is a key element of describing a malevolent character?

to engage the reader and create a vivid picture

to extend your writing to make it more detailed

Why is it important to use sensory imagery in your writing?

What does 'TiPToP' stand for in paragraphing?

What is one reason to slowly reveal information about a character?

to predict what you're going to write before you write it

to ensure your writing has structure and coherence

Why is it important to plan your writing?

Planning fiction writing about a malevolent character

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