Literacy: writing a story with a frightening setting

We looked at the planning sheets that we began yesterday. We started work on the first part of our frightening stories. Remember that we have looked at examples of frightening stories in class, and they did not contain any ghosts, vampires, zombies or other silly things. They contained lots of sights and sounds that make us imagine frightening things.

At home please write only the FIRST part of your story, up to the exciting bit where the character is really terrified. Describe the things the character sees and hears. Describe how he or she feels (heart thumping, fast breathing, sweating, etc.). Do not write the explanations for the things the character sees and hears. We will do that tomorrow. Enjoy beginning your frightening stories.