Planning a ghost story - Teachit English.
A Free Story to Read Online. In this short ghost story with a twist ending, a man, haunted by dark memories, spends forty years living alone on an isolated farm. One autumn day, he discovers another presence in his home that forces him to face the secrets of his past.
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Pie Corbett is an English educational trainer, writer, author and poet who has written over 200 books. He is also known for promoting creative approaches in the classroom and has experience as a teacher, headteacher and Ofsted inspector.
Story starters. I didn’t mean to kill her. The air turned black all around me. Icy fingers gripped my arm in the darkness. Wandering through the graveyard it felt like something was watching me. The eyes in the painting follow him down the corridor. A shrill cry echoed in the mist; Icy wind slashed at his face and the rain danced its evil dance upon his head as he tried to get his bearings.
The first line of a short story is very important, a good one can hook the reader and make them want to read on. A weak first line and they might pass your story by. If you're entering short story writing competitions then make sure you have a strong opening to keep the judges reading. Sometimes it's easier to write the whole short story, then go back and rewrite the first line knowing how it.
Alma is a little girl who ventures into town in the snow. She is drawn to a shop window by a familiar looking doll. She enters the shop. what will happen when she goes inside? Teaching Ideas Let the children listen to the soundtrack of the film, turn off IWB, can they guess what kind of film this is? Thriller etc? What moods? There is quite a lot of suspense etc. Children could predict what.
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