A short story is a great way to try your hand at creative writing. These steps will help you to write a short story that expresses your unique point of view.

Pupil outcome: I can rewrite two paragraphs of Katherine Mansfield's short story 'The Fly' (1922) shifting the focus from the boss to the character of Macey, the boss's employee. Key learning points: - Katherine Mansfield’s 'The Fly' is...

Julia Prendergast’s novel, The Earth Does Not Get Fat was published in 2018 (UWA Publishing: Australia). Her short stories feature in the current edition of Australian Short Stories. Other stories have been recognised and published:...

Pupil outcome: I can explore how Ian Beck and Wilfred Owen use sentence structure to give their writing rhythm and, inspired by them, craft a creative paragraph with engaging rhythm. Key learning points: - Writers spend time crafting the...

Pupil outcome: I can write a persuasive speech about my new word. Key learning points: - Rhetorical questions, anecdotes and direct address are a great way to ‘hook’ your audience at the start of a speech. - The content of a speech needs...

Julia Prendergast’s novel, The Earth Does Not Get Fat was published in 2018 (UWA Publishing: Australia). Her short stories feature in the current edition of Australian Short Stories. Other stories have been recognised and published:...

Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester...

In this video, you will learn about formatting the text in ChatGPT to make our storytelling more engaging and visually appealing and how to use formatting options into our storytelling component.

In a time when Chinese immigrants in America faced discrimination in all walks of life – simply because of their race – author Edith Maude Eaton channeled the power of the pen to help make positive change.

The term Kafkaesque has entered the vernacular to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrating experiences, especially with bureaucracy. But does standing in a long line to fill out confusing paperwork really capture the richness...

Chapter 11 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip...

Chapter 16 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Another witty, zany story that leads the reader through an unorthodox view of British history and the colonial past. A sequel to the very...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 9 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 7 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 2 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 3 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 4 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 14 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 10 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 8 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 6 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 5 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 1 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...

You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 15 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...