Mastering A Narrative Essay: Spooky Stories
In this 4 week self-paced class students will be learning how to write a narrative essay. They will be doing this by writing a scary story and learning all the elements that go into a spooky story.
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What's included
4 pre-recorded lessons
4 weeks
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1-2 hours per week. Since this is a self-paced class student will be working through the work on their own and there will be no class times. They will have to watch a 8-15 minute video and then spend at least 30 minutes responding to the video and writing their essay.Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 8
Intermediate Level
🚨**NOTE: this is a self-paced schedule class, so there are NO scheduled live meetings. There will be pre-recorded videos and weekly activities. In this 4-week long class students will go through the process of writing a spooky story. Students will learn about the parts of a narrative essay and specifics about the spooky stories genre. Students will learn the different parts of story mountain: Exposition, complicating incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. This class sets out to help them understand the structure of narrative essays so they can replicate the structure the next time they have to write a narrative essay. Students will spend 1-2 hours weekly for four weeks to watch the videos and work on their essay. The videos are about 8-15 minutes and then students will write a certain part of their essay each week. By the end of the four weeks they will have completed their whole essay. W E E K L Y C O N T E N T : 👉 Watch pre-recorded video lessons 👉 Respond to a short activity that will help them with their essay 👉 Complete a major part of their essay 👉 Send me their work on their essay to receive feedback. W H Y S E L F P A C E D ? 👍 You can do all the work on your own schedule! 👍 If your student is shy they will not have to worry about live classes! 👍 You can save money! F E E D B A C K This is a self-paced class that includes feedback from me. You can expect me to answer questions within 24-48 hours. In terms of grading full essays or higher-level essay assignments, you can expect feedback on the weekends. If you have any questions at any time you can reach out and I will get back to you. A B O U T M E A N D M Y S T Y L E I have been teaching essay writing for over ten years and I love to expand students writing by asking them questions about their writing to get them to expand their ideas. I also believe that students need to have a structure to write from to really master the art of essay writing. I also have lots of experience with students with a number of different abilities and neurodiverse students. I have experience with blind students, autistic students, students with ADHD, etc. If your student needs any accommodations to make this class more accessible for them please feel free to reach out and I will make these accommodations to the best of my ability.
Learning Goals
Students will learn the structure of a narrative essay and the components of a spooky story. Be able to replicate that structure by writing their own spooky story.
Syllabus
4 Lessons
over 4 WeeksLesson 1:
What is Horror Fiction?
In this lesson we will talk about the elements, and types of horror fiction. We will also lay out some basic tips on how to write a horror story. Students will then respond to some questions to help them brainstorm ideas for their story. Lesson 2:
Developing Characters and Setting
In this lesson students will learn about direct characterization vs indirect characterization using the show not tell method. Students will pick a prompt for the character and write a short paragraph about that character. Students will also learn how to use sensory language to describe their setting and pick a prompt for setting and write a short story about it. Then students will work on introducing the characters and setting for their story in the writing assignment for this lesson. Lesson 3:
Rising Action and Climax
In this lesson we will be talking about the rising action and climax of the story. Students will also learn different tricks for how to many their stories scarier. Students will write the rising action and climax of their stories in this lesson and most of their time this week will be spent doing that. Lesson 4:
Conclusion: The Art of the Cliffhanger
In this lesson, students will learn about the cliffhanger which is a common item that is used to end a spooky story to keep our audience in suspense of what happened. Students will finish their story this week. Other Details
Learning Needs
I have lots of experience with students with a number of different abilities and neurodiverse students. I have experience with blind students, autistic students, students with ADHD, etc. If your student needs accommodations let me know.
Parental Guidance
This is a class about spooky stories so students can make them as spooky or tame as they want. We will be talking about elements of killing off characters, as well as dark or supernatural themes that can be a part of scary stories.
Pre-Requisites
Students need to be familiar with the concept of writing multi-paragraph essays. If they do not have a lot of experience with essay writing yet. I suggest either my mastering essay writing self-paced class or part 1 class.
Supply List
Students will need a device to be able to watch the videos for the class. Students will also need something to write their essays on whether that is a word processing program on their computer or paper and pencil. They will need to send me their work for feedback.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
All materials will be provided in PDF form. Students will also watch videos that go over the content.
Joined February, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
1 teacher has a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Religious Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary
2 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in English from Fresno Pacific University
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from The University of Texas at Arlington
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