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At The Stroke Of Midnight: Write A Spooky Story (And More) (9-13 years)

At The Stroke Of Midnight: Write A Spooky Story (And More) (9-13 years) preview
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Creative Writing Tutor cover for At The Stroke Of Midnight: Write A Spooky Story, with a hamster drawing and stars
Title page to introduce the spooky story writing unit
Let's learn to write fiction: checklist on audience, genre and purpose, plus five musts such as suspense and dialogue
Mini-lesson notes to review before drafting
Story planning guide: what goes in paragraphs 1 to 3, first or third person, connectives and varied sentence types
Reference sheet students keep beside them while planning
Haunted manor story starter about Joshua's dare, with plan prompts on characters, setting, events and the ending
Story prompt and planning questions before writing
Spooky question prompts: how it feels to be scared, strange noises upstairs, footprints in the garden, a ghostly thing
Discussion starters to spark ideas and vocabulary
The Creepy House: model story of Joshua entering a dark house, a clock stopped at midnight and footsteps on the stairs
Mentor text for reading aloud and noting suspense
Ending paragraph task: students write a happy, sad, cliff hanger or moral ending, deciding who the footsteps belong to
Independent writing to practise building suspense
Suggested story ending where an old lady, not a ghost, appears; students then rewrite and develop the cliff hanger
Compare a sample ending, then revise it
Final writing task: students draft a full ghost story of their own, applying the plan, vocabulary and model from earlier
Extended writing time once planning is complete
Descriptive vocabulary bank: adjectives paired with nouns for wild settings such as moor and manor house, and fear words
Word bank to support richer word choice when drafting
Attributes
Grades

Grade 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Types

Activities

File

PDF

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No
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About This Product

At The Stroke Of Midnight: Write A Spooky Story (And More)

A strategic and interactive teaching resource specifically designed to cater children from 9 to 13 years old, focusing on Language Arts, with primary concentration on Creative Writing. Available in a convenient PDF format for easy use and distribution.

Boosting Creative Writing Skills

The core of this product lies in its capacity to enhance children's creative writing skills. Students are tasked with writing a spooky story named 'The Creepy House', encouraging them to describe the house and it's overgrown garden using rich vocabulary provided in this resource pack.

The Challenge of Spookiness

Besides the 'Creepy House', students get exposure to another intriguing tale titled 'At The Stroke Of Midnight'. They're then spurred on to pens down their own eerie versions. But fret not! Educators can make it appealing as an adventurous challenge or a test of bravery that indirectly helps students conquer their fears while also enriching their vocabulary.

  1. Encouraging planning, structuring and organizing thoughts into compelling stories.
  2. An outline included serving as guide where kids can effortlessly mold their unique narratives either individually or through group discussions.
Fostering Linguistic Growth:
  • Creats an engaging environment that motivates more able students to expand their linguistic abilities via complex word selection.
  • Aims at whole group instruction during those chilly Halloween sessions providing fun learning experience for all without dampening enthusiasm across various proficiency levels.

Incorporating 13 pages:
    The product includes fascinating activities and examples useful for grade 3-8 students thereby testifying At The Stroke Of Midnight’s capabilities at hosting a range of student abilities. The product also offers a solid framework for both common and advanced lessons in Creative Writing under one "creepy" roof!.

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13 pages

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