Check 3: retelling and writing creepy stories

a Preparation: check the vocabulary in the Summaryon p. 90-95 and choose at least ten words to add to your crossword puzzle. Choose verbs, nouns and adjectives.

b Action: make your puzzle. Follow these steps. – Write clues for the words you chose on a piece of paper. – Draw your solved puzzle on a piece of paper. – Write down the clues ’down’ and ’across’ below. – Draw your puzzle on another piece of paper. – Pass on your page to a partner who will try to solve your puzzle.

c Reflection: check your task by filling in this checklist. Was your partner able to solve the puzzle?

Checklist: crossword puzzle Yes I think so No 1 Content and structure

• My clues clearly describe the word. • Each clue refers to the correct word/part of speech (a noun for a noun, a verb for a verb, an adjective for an adjective). • I wrote creative sentences or good definitions.

2 Language

• The sentences in my clues are well-structured. • I used correct basic grammar. • I used correct words. • I used correct spelling and punctuation.

Feedback

Score D C Next exercise ex. 4 Check 3

Check 3 Retelling and writing creepy stories

1 Retell a scary story. First listen to the scary story. Student A listens to story A, student B listens to story B.

a Preparation: look at the listening table below. Write down keywords in the table while listening. Use the table to write a rough draft of what you will say.

When does the story take place?

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Who are the main characters?

What happened? How does it end? b Action: work with a partner. You will both get a new listening table. Retell the story to a classmate who listened to another scary story. Can they fill in the listening table? Compare your tables. c Reflection: check your task by filling in the checklist below.

Checklist: retelling a scary story Yes I think so No What my partner says 1 Content and structure

• I told the story in a logical order. • I could keep track of the events. • All the answers to the WH-questions from the table were used in the story. • My partner could fill in the same information in the table.

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2 Write the next paragraph of a scary story.

a Preparation: choose a story starter and brainstorm words that could be used in your paragraph.

Story starters:

A I had never seen a ghost. But like they say, there is a first time for everything. B Wandering through the graveyard it felt like something was watching me. C The phone rang. ‘Hello,’ I said, ‘Hello.’ No one was there. I hung up. All the lights went out ... D I pushed open the old creaky door and looked inside. E My next door neighbours, the Johnsons, were all sleeping in their coffins when I climbed the fence to get the ball. F I couldn’t sleep. I was tossing and turning for hours, but my mind kept racing. G Then I noticed the man in my rear-view mirror. Source:www.literacyshed.com

Brainstorm:

CREEPY WORDS b Action: write the next 100-150 words of this story. Use past tenses in your text correctly. Try to use the creepy words from your brainstorm session as well. Write your story on a separate piece of paper. c Reflection: check your story by filling in the checklist. Give your text to a partner who will read it and give you some feedback too. Did you manage to scare them? Give your text to the teacher who will also give feedback.

2 Language

• I formed correct sentences. • I used the past tenses correctly. • The story was told fluently. • I paid attention to my pronunciation. WRITING Feedback What my partner did really well is: What my partner could work on is: Score more / ? than at least 5 only 1 ? or Next exercise ex. 4 ex. 2 ex. 5 Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN

Checklist: writing a scary story Yes I think so No

3 Retell the story ‘Lock Your Doors at Night!’

a Preparation: while listening to the podcast, mark the words you hear. handle began front door basement bad habit somethingturning porch cried for help second key dark graveyard video camera scratching at ghost red eyes heart stopped strange soundsthe door terrified peephole from the kitchen dark rags loud bang getting over the shock sick to my unnaturally long unlocked staring at mestomach fingers Score: / 15 b Action: retell the story to your teacher. Use the keywords. Write out a short draft first, if necessary.

1 Content and structure

• My paragraph has a spooky atmosphere. • I wrote at least 100-150 words. • My story is well-structured. listening SPEAKING • My story is interesting to read. 2 Language • I used the past tenses correctly. • I used correct basic grammar. • I used correct words. • I used correct spelling and punctuation. 3 Strategies • I used a dictionary when needed and used it correctly. • I prepared my text well (e.g. brainstormed words). • I checked and reread my text when I was finished. Feedback Score < 7 ≥ 7 Next exercise ex. 4 All done! Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN

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Checklist: retelling a scary story Yes I think so No

4 Read the story ‘Yeeeeeeees?’. Some sentences have been left out. Complete the text by putting the number in the correct gap.

1 One early evening when I came home, the house was still dark. 2 I called her again as I climbed the stairs to see which room she was in, and again got the same “Yeeeeees?” reply. 3 I jumped back, startled and ran down the stairs to her, but as I glanced back from the top of the stairs, the door to the room slowly opened a crack. 4 When I was a child, my family moved to a big old two-storey house, with big empty rooms and creaking floorboards. 5 I felt uneasy, but I figured that was only natural so I rushed forward to see my mum, knowing that her presence would calm my fears, as a mother’s presence always does. Missingsentence nr. . Both my parents worked so I was often alone when I came home from school. Missingsentence nr. . I called out, “Mum?” and heard her sing song voice say “Yeeeeees?” from upstairs. Missingsentence nr. . We were decorating at the time, and I didn’t know my way around the maze of rooms but she was in one of the far ones, right down the hall. Missingsentence nr. . Just as I reached for the handle of the door to let myself in to the room I heard the front door downstairs open and my mother call “Sweetie, are you home?” in a cheery voice. Missingsentence nr. . For a know brief what moment, I it was, but saw something strange it was staring at me. in there, and I don’t seventeen

1 Content and structure

• The story was told in logical order. • I used all the (correct!) keywords from the table in the story. READING 2 Language • I formed correct sentences. • I used the past tenses correctly. • I told the story fluently. • I minded my pronunciation. Feedback Score: / 10 Score < 18 ≥ 18 Next exercise All done! Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN Score

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ex. 3

a Preparation: read the information about TheGraveyardBookso you know the context of the book. Look at the excerpt from the graphic novel and write down some keywords that come to mind.

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK - NEIL GAIMAN

After the shocking murder of his entire family, a toddler ends up in a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a lonely guardian (Silas) who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will come under attack from the man Jack – who has already killed Bod’s family. One day, Bod makes a human friend, the intelligent Scarlett, who assumes Bod must be imaginary because her parents tell her so.

Adaptedfromwww.goodreads.com b Action: fill in the captions and the speech bubbles. Use past tenses in the captions. You can use present tenses in the speech bubbles. Try to create an eerie atmosphere. Number the speech bubbles and captions. Write down your sentences below.Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN

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c Reflection: check your scene by filling in the checklist. Then share the scene with a partner or the class. Give your text to the teacher who will give you some feedback too.

Checklist: writing a scene in a graphic novel Yes I think so No

1 Content and structure

• There is a spooky atmosphere in my scene. • I completed each speech bubble and caption. 2 Language • I used the correct past tenses in the captions. • I used the correct present tenses in the speech bubbles. • I used correct basic grammar. • I used correct words. • I used correct spelling and punctuation. Feedback Score < 11 ≥ 11 Next exercise ex. 3 All done! Proefhoofdstuk ©VAN IN