CHECKLIST FOR OUR ESSAYS:

1. Keep the sentence short with these 3 things:

SUBJECT + VERB + LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION

e.g. The small kitten chased the fat rat.

e.g. He despises long movies.

GENERAL STRUCTURE OF AN ESSAY:

INTRO: where were you? Age? Weather? People involved?

PARAGRAPH 2: BEGIN THE DAY OR THE EVENT

PARAGRAPH 3: GET TO THE FUN/ ACTION

PARAGRAPH 4: PROBLEM & FIX IT!

2. SIMILE: using “like” or “as” to compare things

3. ALLITERATION:

Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers

My comfortable chocolate coloured couch

Blue bedroom bay windows

NEW ITEMS:

PERSONIFICATION = describing things as if they are humans

e.g.
ONOMATOPEIA = the word you write is the SAME SOUND made

IDENTIFY THE DEVICES BELOW:

1. The thief entered the house as quiet as a mouse

2. The chair felt lonely after the girl stood up

3. Thud! Went the book when it fell onto the floor

4. The cherry coloured candy bar

VOCABULARY FOR THE ESSAY: LOOK UP THE MEANINGS

Words Meanings
overcast
slumber
to indulge
to migrate
to remark
to retort
landlord
immaculate
laden with
to scurry
heartily
to rebuff
to trespass
to accompany
to relate
to assist
 A SCARY NIGHT

INTRO:

WHEN? Overcast Friday - June

WOKE UP: The crowing hens yanked me from my slumber at half past six. WHAT DEVICE IS
THIS?

SETTING: Gigantic pregnant clouds crawled across the sky WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

PLAN FOR THAT DAY: school – home – indulge in Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey – week was
as stressful as the climb to Mount Everest WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

PARAGRAPH 2: BEGIN THE DAY OR THE EVENT

That morning = set out to school.

The clouds opened up and dumped bucket after bucket on the earth. WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

Shelter = the old Constantine house nearby

House = empty - HOW LONG? – WHY? = the Constantines migrated to WHERE?

I recalled that my neighbour John once remarked that the house was haunted.

I thought that that was nonsense.

However, there was a landlord.

His name is Carl = cleans every afternoon

Plan = After school check it out

Rumour stated that the family had left all their gadgets and video games in a game room.

I really wanted to see that room.

My Mom and Dad would be out to dinner that night

PARAGRAPH 3: GET TO THE FUN/ ACTION

School ended.

Bolted –as fast as a lightning BOLT – house WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

No sign of landlord’s car.

As quiet as mice WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

pushed - door - flung open - Whoosh! WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

Turned on all the lights = house - immaculate

Checked each room to uncover the one with the PS4.

The first room upstairs was like an Arabian treasure chest. WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

= laden with consoles which called out to me. WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

- I felt as happy as if I were on cloud nine. WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

PARAGRAPH 4: PROBLEM & FIX IT!

5 hours -passed

“Hoot, hoot,” broke the silence WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

What is that? I asked myself

I was frightened

5 minutes later = “Clang!” – pierced walls of house . WHAT DEVICES ARE THESE?

Investigated = kitchen downstairs

discovered: single shattered ceramic plate looking up at me on the floor. WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

Scurrying sound broke silence. WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

quickly jumped around = mouse running across the countertop

“I’m getting out of here,” I whispered

Way out of kitchen = lights went off

Darkness enveloped me WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

My heart raced at the speed of light WHAT DEVICE IS THIS?

Felt way to the front door

As I reached out to turn the knob, the door was being opened from the outside

A tall ghostly figure appeared before me.

“AHHHHHHHHHH!” I screamed out.

fell

Figure beneath removed the cloak

It was Carl the landlord

He laughed heartily, pointing at me.

“Hahaha! You should have seen how scared you were,” he teased

The landlord rebuffed me for trespassing into the house

Accompanied me home = related to my parents what I had done

Grounded for the rest of the school term.

Had to assist the landlord with his chores HOW OFTEN?

I learned my lesson and promised to never trespass again.