My teacher said I have to write a

Halloween story with out murder or suicide. OMG

How am I going to do that?

SPOOKY STUFF:

Haunted houses, twisting, spark, snap, doors creek, wind howls, timeworn, spiders, bats, cobwebs, monsters, vampires, werewolves, broom sticks, cauldrons, ogres, red, black cats, pointy hats, leafless trees, sharp, shadows, restless sounds, leaves blowing by, trolls, fog, capes, costumes, campfire stories, goo, horseman, abandoned buildings, dark forests, falling down fences, stakes, teeth, full moon, creek, squeak, tumble, down, dark, whispers, undiscerning voices, rumors, drip, drip, drip, white sheets ghost, storm, dark clouds, lightening, thunder, something rush by jack-o-lanterns, vultures, scarecrows, flying monkeys, crystal ball, eerie sounds, aliens, moonless night, owls, crows, ravens, black horses, white horses, ……..

Casas encantadas, de torsión, chispa, snap, puertas creek, el viento aúlla, anticuadas, arañas, murciélagos, telarañas, monstruos, vampiros, hombres lobo, palos de escoba, calderos, ogros, rojo, los gatos negros, gorros puntiagudos, árboles deshojados vuelven, sharp, sombras, inquieto sonidos, hojas de los árboles movidas por, trolls, niebla, cabos, trajes, el fogón historias, goo, jinete, edificios abandonados, bosques oscuros, en vallas, estacas, dientes, luna llena, arroyo, squeak, rodamientos, abajo, oscuro, susurros, voces empleo indiscriminado, rumores, goteo, goteo, goteo, las hojas en blanco fantasma, tormenta, las nubes oscuras, relámpagos, truenos, algo rush por jack-o-linternas, buitres, espantapájaros, monos voladores, bola de cristal, sonidos fantasmagóricos, extranjeros, noche sin luna, lechuzas, cuervos, cuervos, negro caballos, caballos blancos, … …..

Poner el tipo de palabras, como este: haunted house, creeking puertas, el viento a través de los árboles deshojados vuelvenfuera de la ventanapiel de gallina

El viento frío y nítido

Haunted houses, doors creek, wind howls through the hall, ghost, spiders, bats, cobwebs, leafless trees, shadows, Espantos casa, chispa, arroyo, speak, puerta que chirria, susurros

ANIMALS: black or white horses, monsters spider aliens, black cats, vampires, howling wolfNegros o caballos blancos, monster, las aranas, los extranjeros, los gatos negros, vampiros, lobos aullando

Haunted House

Monsters

Street

Porch, rotting boards almost fall through

Light flickers

Door creeks open

Wind howls through the hallway

Dark hallway

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Espantos casa, chispa, arroyo, speak, puerta que chirria, susurros, luz parpadea

1. Introduction: Topic sentence

2. pull your words into sentences and sequence the sentences.

3. Details: Make a topic sentence and

4. add details.

5. Rise in action

6. Details: Make a topic sentence and 7. add details.8. Climax

9. Conclusion: Give a thoughtful ending, 10. Think about the limericks. How do those end?

Topic sentence: Catch your reader. Make them want to know more.“No, I won’t move. You can’t make me leave my friends.” Look at the rough draft below. Give the writer some feedback.The light flickers on the porch of the old Tatem’s home as if to catch our attention. The rotting boards begging us forward so that we fall through to unknown frights. We look at each other with curiosity and excitement. We know that there are no haunted houses. Only fools believe in that stuff. A blue raven caws in the bent brached old tree. The door creeks open

Accenting words, using extra spaces or super sizing etc.. make a statement in

your writing. Look at the next illustration. What do you think of when you see it? What

stands out? What sparks in your mind?

Animals SoundsOnomatopoeia

Verbs adverbs

1. crows2. ravens3. black horse4. white horse5. owl 6. flying monkey7. alien8. vulture9. scarecrow10.ogre11.spider12.bat13.wolf14.monster15.vampire,16.werewolf17.pirate18.black cat 19.jack-o-lanterns20.snake21.scorpion22.horseman23.frogs24.beetles

1. eerie sounds2. something rush by3. whispers4. undiscerning voices

5. drip6. pop7. creek8. squeak9. restless sound10.snap11.spark12.doors creek13.wind howls14.crackle 15.rip16.leak17.torn18.slash19.split20.slit21.rattle22.sift23.swish24.crack25.slap26.slip27.thud28.ping29.meow30.howling31.muffle

1. tumble down2. leaves blowing 3. twisting4. snaking5. snaky6. revealing7. twining8. turning9. something rush by10.rip11. torn12.stab 13.tear 14.jam15.slit16.slash17.disjointed18.driven19.split20.fragmented 21.divided22.stash23.cut24.gash25.slat 26.jumpy27. shaky28. slot 29.split 30.nick31. notch32.Incision33.Scratch34.meandering

WeatherSetting

NounsAdjectives

Halloween

1. moonless night

2. storm3. dark clouds4. lightening5. thunder6. wind howls7. drip, drip, drip8. thick fog 9. full moon10.sunset11. sunrise 12. purple

clouds13. clap of

thunder14. shaking

ground15. leaves

twisting through the wind

16. tornado17. hurricane

wind18. thunking of

rain on the roof

1. crystal ball2. rumors3. yellow

teeth4. full moon5. stakes6. shadow7. red8. sharp9. timeworn10.cobweb11.eyeballs12.hook13. black rose14. treasure

chest15. black

and blue16.yellow17.orange18.red19.scare20. broken

ladder21.fallen ladder22. walk

under the ladder23.red paint

1. cauldron2. cats3. jack-o-

lanterns4. white

sheets ghost5. dark6. cape7. rattle

window8. harvest

moon9. costume 10.pointy hat11. leafless tree12. campfire

story 13.green goo14.troll15.scar16.crow17.horseman18. abandoned

buildings19. dark

forests20. falling

down fences21. broomsticks22.black spiders23. black bats24. cobwebs 25. heavy purple

drapes

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN

Repeat after me: I can write a Halloween story without murder or suicide.