Great review of sentence structure on Halloween.

The last man on earth sat alone in a room.

There was a knock at the door.

After stumbling into the abandoned shack and nearly dead from thirst, we drank heavily from

the jug we found inside. That's when I noticed her, blood draining from her face, point to where the water had been: an empty bottle

of rat poison lay on its side.

He read the puzzling, meticulously folded note that had been placed upon the dinner table: "If you run now you might still have a chance to live." Comprehension came only shortly after he felt the enormous,

monstrous presence moving behind him.

I walked to the curb wondering what idiot drives his ice cream

truck down the street at three in the morning with the music

blaring. Just as I noticed there was nobody behind the wheel of the parked vehicle I heard my front door slam shut, and my

children begin to scream.

I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for

monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement

and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me

quivering and whispering, “Daddy there’s somebody on my bed.”

As I awoke to footsteps on the creaky stairs, I asked "Who's there?"

"Nobody," said the shadow standing under

the hallway light.

With a partner, work to write at least 10 two sentence horror stories. Make sure that you pay close attention to

punctuation of your sentences that have to be more complex than what you usually write.

We will share with the class.

Can’t wait to read what you come up with.

YOUR TASK…

http://io9.com/two-sentence-horror-stories-are-actually-pretty-chillin-923728355 (some on this site are not appropriate for students)

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