 Hand in homework (narrative continuation rough draft & revise/edit guide)  Make sure your NAME is on these and staple them together  Then, take out your 5 vocabulary flash cards from last Monday and wait for further directions

 Everyone will be assigned one vocabulary word out of the five we learned last week.  You will create an 8-panel comic that shows me you know what this word means and how to use it in context.  Comics must include context clues. After looking at your comic, a reader should have an understanding of what your word means.  Include both images and words. Use color. Be creative and have fun!

1. Argument 2. Tone 3. Integrate 4. Draw 5. Connotation

 List examples of each that you’d find in a horror story…  Actions/Events  Props  Sounds  Settings  Types of characters  Types of surprises  Gestures  Also, address the question: How do horror stories make us feel?

 On Thurs, 10/29 and Fri, 10/30 we will have a Halloween celebration and scary storytelling event in class  Throughout October, we will read and discuss scary stories and work on writing our own original scary stories

 Ghosts & monsters: witches, vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc.  Science fiction: aliens, robots, time travel  Crazy people: murder, sacrifice  Psychological: someone is not thinking clearly, doubting his or her own sanity  Nature, disease, animals, etc.

 Write down all the elements that make this particular story creepy:  Where and when does the story take place?  What makes the character(s) creepy?  What elements build suspense in the story? (events, sounds, etc.)  Is there a plot twist/surprise ending?

 Often in horror movies, there is some creepy/haunted item (a doll, an old key, an old piece of jewelry, a mask, etc.)  Start looking around your house for an item that could possibly inspire a scary story  On Friday, 10/2 everyone will bring in one scary item to use for an activity  *Please keep this item a secret!!  You can bring in any item as long as it is school- appropriate. Remember, it is just INSPIRING a scary story, so the item does not have to obviously be scary at first glance.