Creative Writing Catching a Thief Power Point

1. Catching a thief Picture Composition

2. Step 1: Getting started Grab a new foolscap. Write today’s date: Tuesday 5 th February 2019 Write the title: Picture Composition – Catching a thief

3. Step 2: Brainstorming Look carefully at the pictures and write down any words which come to mind.

4. Step 3: Word Bank These words will help you: walking thief breaking brick shop window stealing run away catch laughing policeman angry camera film

5. Step 4: Plan Look at each picture and write down points to help you plan your paragraph Who are the characters? What is the man wearing? Where are they? What is happening? How are the children feeling? How is the man feeling? How did the man break the window? What was he trying to do?

6. Step 4: Plan Look at each picture and write down points to help you plan your paragraph What is the man trying to do? Why? What are the children doing? What did the man drop? What has he got in his hands?

7. Step 4: Plan Look at each picture and write down points to help you plan your paragraph What did the children manage to do? How? Who else is in the street?

8. Step 4: Plan Look at each picture and write down points to help you plan your paragraph What was really happening? Why were the children surprised? Why was the director angry? How did the story end?

9. Now, start writing your paragraph. Remember, you should write about 120 words (or 10-12 good sentences)

10. Final step: Check your work Use the following checklist to check your work: Check for spelling mistakes (if unsure about a word, you can use the dictionary on your tablet) Check full stops Check that sentences are not too long Check for capital letters Check for repetition