Think and write about “E”
History works best when people can see themselves in it. Africans in America will broaden people’s understanding of our past and how it has shaped our views about race and equality today.
Orlando Bagwell, Executive Producer
Write a description of the main character – their looks, the way they dress, the
way they talk and their personality.
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Choose a descriptive passage and make a list of examples of vivid imagery,
e.g. similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, noun phrases, etc.
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List the words and phrases used to create an atmosphere, e.g. a scary or
spooky one.
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Write about what a character might be thinking or feeling at any stage of the
story – you could write it in the first person.
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Predict, when you are about halfway through a book, what might happen.
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Write down some words you had difficulty reading and had not met before.
Find their meanings in a dictionary and write them down.
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Write about your favourite part of a book and why you liked it.
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Write down three facts you have learned from a non-fiction book.
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Pick a descriptive word from the text, write it down and, using a thesaurus,
write down five synonyms and five antonyms for that word.
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Write about how a non-fiction book is set out.
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Write some advice to a character in trouble.
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Write a diary entry that a character might write after an incident in the story.
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Challenge yourself! Write a 50-word summary of a whole plot!
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Write whether you would recommend the book or not, and why
