I was working with a group of extremely reluctant Year 11 students using John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men as inspiration for a creative writing task. The focus of the task was to create a character's voice and include detailed description in their creative writing. The students initially wrote a piece of text that included very perfunctory language, with included little description and virtually no similes, metaphor or other literary devices.
Eg. He has dark stubble, sitting in the dark. Feeling sad and alone. He has a shining light of a fire. His face being unshaved shows dispair (sic).
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