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Vak: English Leerkracht: Mr Van Pelt

TA | TO | GO: Writing: Your Own Scary Story (Rough Draft) Datum: ......................................................

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You are soon going to write a scary story. Before we get started, it might be a good idea to plan out this
story. That will be the focus of today’s assignment. You will be given a table with multiple categories to fill
in, which will later form the completed story.

Think about the following details:

What? About a girl who just moved into a new town.
What will the story be about? What will happen to A few of the characters will die. The story can’t be
our characters? How will you resolve the story? resolved.
Give a rough draft of the story.
Who? The main character is a girl, she is an extrovert who
Who is the main character? How would you talks to literally anything and anyone. She is 20
describe them? What are some important years. She is scared of nothing and is really brave,
characteristics, and how are you going to illustrate but she is a little dumb. She has short brown hair
them? and green eyes , she is tall and skinny.

Who is the villain? What are they like? What are The villain is a hitchhiker, she is a slim middle aged
their motivations? woman.
Pick (at least) one of the given characters on p93 She has pale skin and long black hair she always
in your workbook. wears a mask, she is suppose to be beautiful with
her mask.
Where? The story takes place on the road in a store by a
Where does the story take place? Why here? How dark alley and in town. The road is empty, the
will you describe this place? store is busy, the alley is empty and the town is
Pick (at least) one of the given locations on p91 in really busy.
your workbook.
When? It takes place in the 21st century, in takes Japan.
When does this story take place? In a specific era, The story last till the main character disappears.
or is it a contemporary story? How long does the
story last?
Why? Because she moved from Malaysia to Japan, she’ll
Why did the main character end up in the scary try to avoid the hitchhiker.
situation? How will you avoid horror clichés?
Notes:
You can, if you choose to do so, immediately start working on your story. There are some requirements to
this story, which are listed below:
 The story will have to be written in the past tense, which we’ve worked on in the previous lessons.
Show that you have a grasp of these tenses by using them correctly.
Lines said by characters can of course be conjugated in the present of future tenses as well.
 You will need to use (at least) 4 verbs from p90 in your workbook in your story.
 Make sure to mention more than just what happened, and try to describe how characters feel
throughout the events of your story (check p96) and give ample details while writing your story.
 Your story will have to be at least 800 words long.
 You will have to come up with a fitting title.
 You will have to think on the structure of the text (paragraphs, chapters, punctuation, …).
 And above all, the story needs to be interesting to read.

This part of the assignment will have to be completed and uploaded on smartschool this evening; before
8pm.