We have been learning about stories of
mystery and suspense in Literacy and have thought about what we could include
to make them exciting! Use the pictures below or your own imagination to write the
introduction to a mystery story, using between 50 and 100 words. Think about
setting the scene, describing what you could hear and showing how you felt.
Perhaps you could include:
§ Some short, punchy
sentences to build up tension
§ Ellipsis (…) to
create the ‘what happens next?’ moment
§ Description of a
spooky setting
§ SHOW how the
character felt (He shrieked! Sweat poured from her face.)
§ Similes (My heart
pounded like a drum)
§ Rhetorical
questions (What could it be?)
§ Description mystery
noises and sounds.
It was a clear still night with a beautiful blue moon high in the sky when i asked my friend Becky's stubborn mother please could we go out into the woods to camp out.Surprisingly we persuaded her to say yes!
ReplyDelete" I can't believe we are allowed to go!" Becky squealed in delight.
" I know it's really happening a night in the woods." I replied as we both pulled Becky's tent behind us deeper into the darkness of the bushy wood.
The blue moon shone down on us like a spotlight and lit up a small clearing so we stopped to get our breath back from carrying the heavy tent. Then we heard a mysterious rustle coming from the bushes coming closer and closer. What could it be?
That was fantastic Molly
DeleteLilly was in her tent,reading a book in the deep,dark woods.It was a clear night and the wood was silent.Suddenly,Lilly heard a strange noise that sounded like a creak.Her heart thumped.Who knew what it was?The full moon shone brightly on the figure to make it's shadow appear.Lilly tried not to look at the shadow of the mysterious creature ,but she somehow just couldn't stop staring with her eyes wide open.Soon, the girl was so curious that she slowly started to pop out of the tent.The shadow was now on a tree, but then started to fade away.To Lilly's surprise,it was gone.She was safe...or was she?
ReplyDeleteI set off for an adventure in the deep dark woods with none of my friends or family beside me.I slowly and quietly tiptoed into the safest path there was that led into the middle of the wood.I carried on when I heard a .......CRUNCH CRUNCH. "What was that?" I asked myself.I carried on.CRUNCH CRUNCH, I heard it again ." I think someones following me ", I said out loud. " Who's there" I asked fearfully.No one answered my question......
ReplyDeletefloplolboyman and I set off for a camp in the spooky, scary and murky house. We dashed to the scary house. We saw crumbling walls, crashing window it was as cold as ice and as dark as the galaxy. We were play hum the song when we first heard it...a strange snorting noise coming just behind the tent. We froze. Will we survive or will we die? We heard the SNORT again then me and floplolboyman shouted " Show up or we will!" something or somebody didn't show up so we showed up. We gulped. when we came out of the tent just ran away I thought it was a PIG floplolboyman thought it was a COW we were safe for now....
ReplyDelete"Be careful and sleep tight," Dad grumbled as he went to watch cricket with Edward's Dad on TV. Me and Edward were finally allowed to camp in the forest near our houses. "I'll get some games!"I said.
ReplyDelete"I'll get some snacks!"Edward screamed. We went and got our things."Let's get my Dad's tent. It's way bigger then yours,"Edward said. After some time, we set of to the forest.
By Arush
Spooky Story
ReplyDelete“Be careful!” said dad as me and Vivita packed our stuff. We had been planning to go camping for our holidays. We lugged our dad’s tent between us as we stepped out of the back door. We went in a bus to Spook Wood. To the Rushing river.
While we were walking through the pitch-black night, we heard the wind hushing like a pack of wolves howling. We quickly got into our tents and huddled into our blankets. Leaves were rustling on the long and dark brown branches. The River was proving true to its name … rushing more than ever. Fog swirled like a hurricane in a stormy night.
ReplyDeleteIt was a dark, gloomy and spooky night at the Crowed Forest. My heart thumped, as the wind howled. I had just seen a black bird pass by. It looked creepy because it had a third wing on its toe and an orange coloured beard as long as 29 oak trees. I wondered if it could be a bird or a God. As the thunder boomed, I snuggled up into my warm, fluffy and squishy sleeping bag. I noticed a box. I had never kept it in my tent. Gingerly, I tip-toed to the corner of the tent. As quick as flash, I opened the box. It was my next door neighbour, Amy!”What are you doing here, Amy,” I asked.
“Um, nothing really, but I was lost in the jungle, so I found a box, went inside and crawled to your tent,” whispered Amy.
“Fine, but no fooling around,” I told her.
“OK,” mumbled Amy. As the penetrating thunder stopped, we crept outside. Bang! The noise was coming from the bush behind. We froze! Sweat dripped out of our hands, as we drank apple juice. I hopped to the bush along with Amy. When we reached the old bush, we saw a …
THE END
by kavya