(Loewen, N., & Lyles, C. (2010). Share a scare: writing your own scary story. Minneapolis , Minn.
Summary: A scary story provides inspiration and scaffolds teaching children how to write a scary story themselves. The story itself follows two children and the scary outcome on an innocent walking of their dog. The sides of each page are dedicated to a technique which is shown on the page within the story. The book describes how to use the technique while writing your own scary story.
Key words/phrases:
1. Scary Stories
2. Authorship
3. How-To Guide
4. Creative writing
5. Writer’s Toolbox Series
Suggested Delivery: Whole Class / Small Group
Electronic Resources:
1. Scary Starters: Writing Activity Ideas This website provides starters for writing a scary story for when students are stuck.
2. How to Write Your Own Scary Story is a PDF which can be used with children to help them brainstorm ideas before writing their own scary story.
Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary: Setting, Characters, Sensory Details, Foreshadow, Plot, Suspense, Setting, Dialogue, Climax, Imagery
Reading strategies to increase comprehension:
Before: Students share scary stories that they have heard before and identify the parts of the story that help make the story scary, writing them down to make a list to be used after reading the book.
During: The book can be read through once, just reading the story, then go back and reread the story pausing to focus on each tool identified.
After: Make a list of the tools on the board or a big sheet of paper and compare this list to the first list to see if the stories they identified used the tools outlined in the book.
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| Nancy Loewen |
Writing activity demonstrating inferential comprehension:
Students will write their own scary story using the tools provided in the book as a guide. They will use and identify at least three of the tools in the final draft of their story.
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