Writing stories can be a difficult challenge for students. Why? Because we expect them to create new people. We can be presumptuous and expect them to be intuitively creative when sometimes this is not the case. Children are by nature quite imaginative, but this does not always relate to the types of creativity we want … Continue reading Characterisation – Whose boots are those?
Month: March 2021
Alice Walker’s The Flowers
Alice Walker's The Flowers Alice Walker’s The Flowers is a classic coming of age story that explores a young girls transition into adulthood. Coming of age stories boil down to characters changing from a state of immaturity to maturity. Before we explore the complexity of The Flowers, we need to explore coming of age stories … Continue reading Alice Walker’s The Flowers
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