Icebreaker - Write a Spooky Story

• PSHE
• English
• +3
• Primary Education

Introduction

In this short icebreaker activity, students will write a spooky story. There are prompts and a spooky scene on each page to inspire your students in their writing.

Instructions

Students can use the questions and images as a prompt for their writing.

Write a Spooky Story

Icebreakers

Scene One

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What time of day is it?</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 19, 67)">What is the setting?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character see?</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 19, 67)">What does your character hear?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character smell?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character taste?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character touch?</span>

Spooky Starter

Spin the spooky story starter wheel to choose a starter for your story then use the prompts to develop your first scene.

Scene Two

<font color="#001343"><b>What is going to happen? What problem will your character face or what mystery will your character solve?</b></font>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character see?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character hear?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character smell?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character taste?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character touch?</span>

Problem

Obstacle

In your second scene, decide what problem your character will face.

You can spin the spinner to choose an obstacle to defeat. Remember, you can edit the terms easily in the spinner to suit your class. Maybe ask them for some ideas to add to the spinner?

Scene Three

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 19, 67)">What time of day is it?</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 19, 67)">What is the setting?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character see?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character hear?</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 19, 67)">What does your character smell?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character taste?</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 19, 67); font-weight: bold">What does your character touch?</span>

Ending

This final slide focuses upon the ending and offers some ideas for appropriate endings. 

Write your own spooky story.

Aardappeloproer

1917

Enkele Amsterdamse vrouwen zagen dat er een schip vol aardappelen in een van de grachten lag. Ze gingen erop af en plunderden het schip: hun schorten vol aardappelen. De dag erna waren er meer plunderaars. Pas nadat zes mensen door het leger werden doodgeschoten, keerde de rust terug