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It was a dark and stormy night.....

You've all heard this story before, or have you?

Horror stories often contain traditional elements of disturbing imagery, dark isolated settings, and twisted characters with serious flaws. Your quest today is to write a short horror story. The catch is, you are writing a VERY SHORT horror story... that is, a ONE SENTENCE horror story. So, where to begin?

Step 1: Check out THIS SITE and choose one or two of the literary elements (school appropriate) that you would like to use in your story.

Step 2: Check out SITE 1 and  SITE 2 that contain examples of one sentence stories.

Step 3: Write your ONE SENTENCE HORROR STORY. Now, remember- you only have one sentence to express your story, so be sure to carefully select the language, wording, imagery, and vocabulary that you will use in your story. Hint: Use STRONG verbs, and vivid adjectives. Leave your one sentence horror story as a comment.

Ghost story webquest: As we finish up our first American Literary theme unit, we can't forget what has become arguably one of the most popular "sub-genre's" of both literature and television....

THE GHOST STORY!

Step 1: Explore this site - http://listverse.com/2009/11/06/top-10-consistent-ghost-story-elements/

Step 2: Your mission- Find a truly scary ghost story, and read it. When you are done- leave a comment summarizing your ghost story, including details about the setting, conflicts, characters, foreshadowing and other significant literary elements. Check out these two sites to find your story.

Site 1: The Blue Girl

Site 2: Classic American Ghost stories