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    OPTION 1: Write a ghost story (120 words)

    Source: http://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/elt/general_content/global/halloween_2014/write_a_story.pdf

    To write a scary story, you need a scary setting, a scary plot line and plenty of scary words. Many ghost
    stories are set in old places which are in ruins. Castles and old houses are typical. Ghost stories also
    typically feature some sort of tragic event which causes the ghost to appear.
    Writing a ghost story is a fun way to practice using narrative tenses and add interesting details through
    the use of adjectives and action verbs.

    Scary adjectives: Scary verbs:


    abandoned, blood‐curdling, creepy, dark, deserted, To loom, to appear, to jump, to shriek, to scream,
    eerie, enchanted, forbidden, frightening, frightful, to creak, to moan, to howl
    ghastly, ghostly, gloomy, haunted, intimidating,
    menacing, mysterious, old, petrifying, ruined, scary,
    sinister, spine‐chilling, spooky, strange, terrifying,
    unearthly, weird
    Scary sounds: Scary things:
    Footsteps in the night, creaking door, a scream, rustling Black cat, full moon, dark night, forbidden forest,
    leaves haunted house, black bat, a blood‐curdling
    scream, shadows, nightmare
    Use the following framework to help you plan the details of
    their story.

    Setting: (Where does the story take place?)


    e.g. an old, creepy abandoned school

    Characters: (Who is in the story?)


    e.g. 6 friends having fun

    Setting the scene: (What time of day is it? What is the weather like?)
    e.g. It was a dark and stormy night, just after midnight

    Action: (What happens in the story?)


    e.g. The 6 friends jumped over the locked fence and made their way into the school. They started
    writing graffiti on the black boards, playing loud music. They broke the desks so they could make a
    fire.

    Climax: (What is the most exciting part of the story? How did the characters feel?)
    e.g. The dark, menacing form of the teacher appeared along with a
    blood‐curdling scream. The friends were petrified.

    Resolution: (What happened as a result?)


    e.g. The friends ran out of the school and never went back.

    Title: (What is the title of your story?)


    e.g. The haunted schoolhouse
    OPTION 2: Write a horror story using one/some of the
    following prompts (120 words)
    (Source: http://www.englishadvantage.info/worksheet/writing‐prompts)

     One day coming home after dark, my friend said, "It will be faster if we cross the graveyard."
     I never believed in ghosts until I saw one myself
     Everyone knew the old house on the corner was haunted but I never knew the real secrets
    until
    my friend dared me to spend Halloween night inside.
     On Halloween night, my parents were out at a party and I was watching movies on TV, when
    the
    doorbell rang. When I opened the door, I was scared out of my mind to see …
     As I backed against the wall, my best friend turned into a zombie coming closer to me, I knew I
    was dead. I remembered how everything started only a few hours earlier.

    *Prompts are sentences to help you start creating your own story, they can appear at any point of the
    story.

    OPTION 3: THE WOMAN IN BLACK – SUSAN HILL


    (Source: Macmillan eTool Kit)

    1. Watch this trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYMUnJGURI and read the following


    abstract from Macmillan’s adapted version of the story.

    2. Highlight the words and phrases in this text that make it frightening

    *Notice that the author uses the weather, sound effects and describes how the protagonist is feeling
    to create a sensation or fear in her writing.

    3. Complete this section of the story. Imagine what happens next, making your ending as frightening
    as possible. Write approx. 120 words. Here are some words you could use:

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