Feelings story: returning to a childhood home before it is sold
A literary short story about mixed feelings in an empty family home; students study how to show emotion subtly, then write on 'Letting go'.
C1Adults60 minStory
About this lesson
A C1 writing lesson (story). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Story
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Feelings
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- intruder, reluctant, estate agent, proportion, weightless, decisive, nostalgia, ambivalent
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Write a literary short story that conveys complex, mixed emotions
- Show feelings through senses, objects and actions rather than naming them
- Use advanced narrative structures such as participle clauses and inversion