Writing Lesson Plan - Night and Day

Explore the world at each end of the day - when things don't look quite the same as in broad daylight. How does that make you feel?

Five minutes free writing on the topic. No readback.

Exercise 1 - 20 minutes

Prompt

Start with someone saying “I can’t sleep.”

Readback and discuss

Exercise 2 - longer exercise

Prompt - choose one of the following options:

1 Write  about two people living together who have opposing sleep cycles, and only cross paths at dawn and dusk.

2 Write about someone on the first night of their holiday who can’t sleep due to jet lag, and decides to set out and explore at night instead.

Write  about two people living together who have opposing sleep cycles, and only cross paths at dawn and dusk.

3 Write about someone on the first night of their holiday who can’t sleep due to jet lag, and decides to set out and explore at night instead.

Readback and discuss