Creative Writing
Year 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Name ________________________________ Class ________________________________ Class Teacher __________________________
Creative Writing Learning Objectives: To apply my knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and text structure to my own writing To draw on knowledge of literary devices from my reading to enhance my own writing
Task 1
Look at the image and consider the work on A Midsummer Night’s Dream we have been doing over the past few lessons. Write a piece of creative writing using the photograph as a stimulus. Some forms of writing you may wish to use: • • • •
Diary entry Descriptive story Opening to a story Poem
The Land Of Dreams - Poem by William Blake
Awake, awake, my little boy! Thou wast thy mother's only joy; Why dost thou weep in thy gentle sleep? Awake! thy father does thee keep. 'O, what land is the Land of Dreams? What are its mountains, and what are its streams? O father! I saw my mother there, Among the lilies by waters fair.
Task 2 Look at the poem and consider the work we have been doing over the past few lessons. Write a piece of creative writing using the poem as a stimulus.
'Among the lambs, clothed in white, She walk'd with her Thomas in sweet delight. I wept for joy, like a dove I mourn; O! when shall I again return? '
Some forms of writing you may wish to use:
Dear child, I also by pleasant streams Have wander'd all night in the Land of Dreams; But tho' calm and warm the waters wide, I could not get to the other side.
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'Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear? The Land of Dreams is better far Above the light of the morning star.'
Your writing can be about ‘The Land of Dreams’ or about a character you meet in your dreams.
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Descriptive story Opening to a story Poem
Analysis This poem is about a little boy having a dream about his mother. He held her hand and
walked along a stream. The poem is written as if the boy's mother passed away and he is able to see her only now while he is asleep. Blake uses "Land of Dreams" as a way to describe it as somewhere beautiful and as if it truly exists and isn't only something our minds create.
Task 3 Choose a key event from the play Examples may include: ● The argument between Egeus (father) and Hermia (daughter) ● The romance between Hermia and Lysander ● The transformation of Bottom ● The feud between King Oberon and Titania and the chaos of the fairy world ● The fighting between Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena when they are under the spell
Write a piece of creative writing using the key event as a stimulus. Some forms of writing you may wish to use: • • • • • •
Diary entry Descriptive story Opening to a story Poem Autobiography Newspaper article
You can choose whether you are writing from the perspective (viewpoint) of a particular character or not.
Creative Writing Learning Objectives: To apply my knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and text structure to my own writing To draw on knowledge of literary devices from my reading to enhance my own writing
Task 1
Look at the image and consider the work on A Midsummer Night’s Dream we have been doing over the past few lessons. Write a piece of creative writing using the photograph as a stimulus. Some forms of writing you may wish to use: • • • •
Diary entry Descriptive story Opening to a story Poem
The Land Of Dreams - Poem by William Blake
Awake, awake, my little boy! Thou wast thy mother's only joy; Why dost thou weep in thy gentle sleep? Awake! thy father does thee keep. 'O, what land is the Land of Dreams? What are its mountains, and what are its streams? O father! I saw my mother there, Among the lilies by waters fair.
Task 2 Look at the poem and consider the work we have been doing over the past few lessons. Write a piece of creative writing using the poem as a stimulus.
'Among the lambs, clothed in white, She walk'd with her Thomas in sweet delight. I wept for joy, like a dove I mourn; O! when shall I again return? '
Some forms of writing you may wish to use:
Dear child, I also by pleasant streams Have wander'd all night in the Land of Dreams; But tho' calm and warm the waters wide, I could not get to the other side.
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'Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear? The Land of Dreams is better far Above the light of the morning star.'
Your writing can be about ‘The Land of Dreams’ or about a character you meet in your dreams.
• •
Descriptive story Opening to a story Poem
Analysis This poem is about a little boy having a dream about his mother. He held her hand and
walked along a stream. The poem is written as if the boy's mother passed away and he is able to see her only now while he is asleep. Blake uses "Land of Dreams" as a way to describe it as somewhere beautiful and as if it truly exists and isn't only something our minds create.
Task 3 Choose a key event from the play Examples may include: ● The argument between Egeus (father) and Hermia (daughter) ● The romance between Hermia and Lysander ● The transformation of Bottom ● The feud between King Oberon and Titania and the chaos of the fairy world ● The fighting between Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena when they are under the spell
Write a piece of creative writing using the key event as a stimulus. Some forms of writing you may wish to use: • • • • • •
Diary entry Descriptive story Opening to a story Poem Autobiography Newspaper article
You can choose whether you are writing from the perspective (viewpoint) of a particular character or not.
