Step 3: retelling and writing creepy stories

Step 3 Read at your own risk Retelling and writing creepy stories

1 Do the reading and listening quest.

a Read the first paragraph of the two scary stories below. b Choose one of the stories you would like to read or hear more of. c Your teacher will show you how to get to the next (listening) extract. d You will get a handout with questions about the story you have chosen. Answer the questions while listening or reading. Each correct answer will lead you to the next part. e Check the strategy on how to listen/watch more effectively in the Summaryon p. 97 before getting started.

Coraline

NEIL GAIMAN Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. It was a very old house – it had an attic under the roof and a cellar under the ground and an overgrown garden with huge old trees in it. Coraline’s family didn’t own all of the house – it was too big for that. Instead they owned part of it. There were other people who lived in the old house.

If you want to find out what happens next in Coraline, ask your teacher for further instructions.

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN

RANSOM RIGGS I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen. The first of these came as a terrible shock and, like anything that changes you forever, split my life into halves: Before and After. Like many of the extraordinary things to come, it involved my grandfather, Abraham Portman. Growing up, Grandpa Portman was the most fascinating person I knew. He had lived in an orphanage, fought in wars, crossed oceans by steamship and deserts on horseback, performed in circuses, knew everything about guns and self-defence and surviving in the wilderness, and spoke at least three languages that weren’t English. It all seemed unbelievably exotic to a kid who’d never left Florida, and I begged him to entertain me with stories whenever I saw him. He always obliged, telling them like secrets that could be entrusted only to me. READING listening 1

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If you want to find out what happens next in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, ask your teacher for further instructions.

3 Listen to the creepy story ‘Know Thy Neighbours’. Answer the questions.

a What happened to Ken in the end? listening

b What probably happened to Jude and Stella? c Are these statements true or false? Correct the false statements. Statement True False 1 The girl was invited to Jude and Stella’s farewell party. 2 Ken’s apartment looked just like Stella and Jude’s, except for one new painting. 3 She and Ken went on a date. 4 Ken often came over to lend stuff, like kitchen materials. 5 Ken even came to cook at her apartment. 6 Ken has a weird way of describing routes – not like normal people. 7 Ken became more and more pushy. 8 At one point she called the police. Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN

a Preparation: listen to the story again if necessary. b Action: write a paragraph (about 50 words) in which you explain whether you thought it was creepy or not. Use some of these sentence starters in your paragraph.

– I really liked the story. – What I really liked/didn’t like about the story was … – I thought the story was (really) creepy/not that creepy, because … – I thought the story was (a bit) boring/predictable/ … – I never thought/already knew the story would end like this. listening

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c Reflection: evaluate your text by filling in the checklist. Then share your opinion with a partner. Checklist: opinion Yes I think so No 1 Content and structure • I wrote about 50 words. • My opinion is clear. 2 Language • I used correct grammar and vocabulary. • I used the sentence starters and added my own information in a correct way. • I used correct spelling and punctuation. Feedback Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN

a Preparation: sit together in pairs and read through the keywords on the card you will get.

b Action: listen carefully to the story. Mark when a word on your card is mentioned. Afterwards, retell the story to your partner by using the words you marked on your story card.

c Reflection: listen to your partner’s story and fill the peer evaluation form for them. listening SPEAKING

6 Do the writing carousel exercise.

a Preparation: form groups and read through the fictional profile fact file you will get. Do you understand all the words? b Action: do the writing carousel exercise. c Reflection: your teacher will put the stories up around the class. Walk around (with your group) and read the other stories. Which is best, according to your group? Evaluate all the stories with the checklist provided with each story. Give some feedback. d Report back to class: which story is the winner. Explain why.

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WRITING Peer evaluation: retelling a story Yes I think so No 1 Content and structure • My partner marked all the keywords on the story card. • My partner used all the keywords from the story card when retelling the story. • My partner told the story in a logical order. • The story included all the necessary details/information. 2 Language • My partner used correct grammar. • My partner spoke fluently. Feedback What my partner did really well is: What my partner could work on is: Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN