Halloween horror story

Halloween Horror Story
How to write your own horror story.
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This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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Halloween Horror Story
How to write your own horror story.

Slide 1 - Slide

Use past simple and past continuous
Remember how to make a past simple and continuous? 

Slide 2 - Slide

What is the past simple?
A
Joey was carving a pumpkin.
B
Joey carves a pumpkin
C
Joey carved a pumpkin
D
Joey is carving a pumpkin

Slide 3 - Quiz

What is the past continuous?
A
Tina gave candy
B
Tina was giving candy.
C
Tina gives candy
D
Tina is giving candy

Slide 4 - Quiz

Past Simple
Past continuous
Geeft aan dat het een tijdje bezig was
Geeft aan dat het kort duurde.
Pien was celebrating halloween
The pumpkin fell down the stairs.

Slide 5 - Drag question

All questions correct?
Yes --> Then continue with the next slides.

No --> Did you make mistakes? Redo the LessonUp on past simple and continuous.

Slide 6 - Slide

You're going to write a horror story
Write your story on a piece of paper. Then type it in the last slide when finished, so I can check it.
Have fun, be scary!

Slide 7 - Slide

Step one: Set the scene
Describe where the story takes place and the events that lead up to it.  
Answer the questions:  
- When did it happen?  
-Where were you?  
- Who were you with?  
- What were you doing?  
- What was the weather like?  
- How were you feeling?  
 
(It happened last Friday. It was raining and I was walking home from the cinema alone. I had been to see the film Psycho.)  

Slide 8 - Slide

Step two: start to spook
Introduce some spooky elements to make the reader a little scared and uneasy.  
Answer the questions:  
- What happened next?  
- How did you feel?  
- What did you do? 
 
(I reached the crossroads and was waiting for the traffic lights to change when suddenly I heard a noise beside me. ‘Who’s there?’ I called. No one answered, but I could feel someone or something watching me. I was very scared.)  

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Step three: Get scary
Terrify the reader.  
Answer the question:  
- What happened next?  
 
(Then I heard a voice. ‘I am going to kill you,’ it said. Suddenly, my heart started beating faster and faster. The traffic lights changed to green and I started running across the road. The next thing I knew, a car was speeding towards me and I was flying through the air.)  

Slide 10 - Slide

Step four: the end
End your story so that the reader knows that the horror can and will strike again.  
Answer the questions:  
- Why did it happen?  
- Why will it happen again?   
 
(I woke up in hospital with a broken leg. They told me that the traffic lights had a malfunction and had caused the accident. I don’t believe it was a malfunction. I know those traffic lights tried to kill me and I know they’ll do it again.)  

Slide 11 - Slide

Type your horror story here. Check spelling and grammar!!!

Slide 12 - Open question