Horror Writing Narrative Step-by-Step Guide

Guide your students through their upcoming creative writing task with this systematic horror narrative writing manual. Unlike many creative writing modules, this horror-oriented guide kick-starts the process by prompting students to make enjoyable and straightforward choices about their story's key components before they even pick up a pen or start typing!

You'll be amazed at how simply your students will be able to craft their own horror narrative. Beginning with straightforward directions, examples, and tips, students will then be able to plan out their story using multiple choice characterization options, short answer plotting devices, and map-drawing activity. An outlining guidance completes the narrative planning process. By then, students will be excited to start drafting their story. A clear peer edit activity is included with this resource, as well as a Common Core-tied rubric.

• Whether it serves as a swift substitute lesson plan (just print and leave on your desk!) or as a foundation for a week-long writing project, your download comes with:

  • A narrative mapping template, assisting students in choosing their horror context, protagonist, character evolution, antagonist, and conflict (with minimal writing needed!)

  • A research chart to aid students in fleshing out the specifics of their narrative

  • A narrative outlining activity, enabling students to use their map's visual cues to initiate drafting their narrative

  • A horror narrative writing task outline, inclusive of synopses of renowned horror tales, a calendar for due dates, general tips for narrative writing, a peer editing checklist for horror writing, and a grading rubric based on FOUR Common Core standards

  • A hyperlink to an editable rubric that offers scope for grading adjustments and smooth integration into Google Classroom and various other Learning Management Systems (LMS's)

  • The complete 4-page lesson is available in both vibrant color and monochrome versions.

Although this resource can be fitted for any secondary Language Arts classroom, it has been carefully designed to work best in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10. The included rubric is subtly but specifically tied to Common Core ELA Standards for Language (1 and 2), Reading Literature (2), and Writing (3, 4, and 5). This resource is provided in print-ready, bookmarked, and adjustable PDF files and PowerPoint Show files.

This resource contains 4 pages.