Original Writing Coursework ideas

JellyBellyBaby

What have you done in the past or any ideas? :smile:

Reply 1

anon53

I wrote about work experience.

Reply 2

mousey

Is this for combined? Do you have to write for a purpose like to persuade or entertain? Does it have to be based at an audience?

I wrote a speech on ecstasy use to persuade teenagers not to take it, and i wrote a leaflet on hamster care for 6-11 year olds. You could do something much more imaginative though, i just went for the easy options. xx

Reply 3

PIPSarah

For my first piece wrote a speech on bullycide (ppl commitin suicide because being bullied) kind of bizzare just happened to stubled on website when lookin 4 inspiration. Did lots of research in school bout it eg did quesstionaire to pad speech out. I also preformed it to make sure audience and purpose fit and now deputy head watched it n wants me 2 preform 2 all students, staff and goveners. So even c/w can make big difference 2 skools. Most my friends did novels extracts found dem easy, oh n 1 person did a parody of lord of the rings in style of bridget jones. it was all bout sam lovin frodo it was hilarious! gd luk sx

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Excalibur

I'm only at GCSE, but we've done a few original writing essays: a short story with the title "The Promise", one on work experience, an autobiography, one on "My special place" and another on "What is evil?"

Reply 5

Da Bachtopus

I wrote a five-volume roman fleuve set in Restoration Paris.

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sexysax

I did a speech about drugs, similar to mousey, and I did a leaflet for parents whose children were going to start the clarinet, and included how to care for it , and practice etc.

So called 'easy' options, but I got an A for it so I am not complaining!

Reply 7

JellyBellyBaby

cool - do you still have it?

Reply 8

erk

cant remember gcse but AS: album review and a rant.

a rant about what?

I did a pair of monologues- one very heavy monologue about a court case for a woman who had been abused by her husband and then in contrast I did a monologue from the voice of a child on their birthday- I had fun with that one and it let me show off what we'd learned about child language so I got extra brownie points. (And, to be fair, the second one was very easy to write)

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FadeToBlackout

I did a story (at GCSE) about a Russian ambassador in London during the cuban missile crisis who loses his faith in Communism. Heavy stuff! And a bit pretentious as well.

Before that, I wrote a (short) sequel to a novel I had read. Thats always a good idea- if you do it write it shows that you understand exactly how that author writes and have analysed it in detail.