Resource #V108062

Précis

Students respond to their visit by writing creatively.

Contextual Summary

This is an English writing resource that engages students with their tree-climbing experience, enabling them to practise their crafting skills. Here, they are writing to entertain, and are using the tree-climb as their stimulus material. The task links to specific aspects of the tree-climbing environment, such as the oak tree, Appley Park, and the view across the beach to the mainland. The tasks are designed to appeal to students in key stages 2 and 3.

Curriculum Relevance

English → Writing (Composition) → Creative Writing

Implementation

This is a follow-up resource to be completed in the classroom post- visit. This task can be introduced before the visit to Goodleaf, so that students are aware of the need to focus on experiencing the climb, thinking about their senses and feelings, and being able to write about the experience afterwards.

The tasks can be integrated into English lessons at any stage throughout the academic year as a revision tool / writing practice. It is anticipated that students will have an enriched experience as they will be reflecting on their tree-climbing activity in a creative way, and this will reinforce how English, and writing in particular, can be a valuable expressive tool.

Key Skills Practised

• Writing to entertain
• Creating a text from external stimuli
• Crafting a creative response for a specific audience/purpose
• Choosing language for effect

Learning Opportunities

Pre-Visit

The questions could be discussed in class prior to the trip so students are bearing this in mind when on their tree-climb, focusing on the aesthetic aspects of their experience.

On Site

Completion of the tree-climb. Students could make notes in the evening of the climb to form the basis of their later writing. Alternatively, teachers could encourage an immediate response and students could complete the resource after the climb at the park, or later at their accommodation.

Post-Visit

Completion of the English (writing - composition) resource/s linked to this document

Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate their creative writing skills. They will demonstrate evidence of planning as well as showing that they can make language choices appropriate to an identified purpose and audience. Students will reflect on an experience and create a new text from this stimulus.