Intro to Horror – Elements of Horror Genre Mini-Study For ANY Scary Short Story!

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With this horror genre intro, your students will learn about critical literary devices like foreshadowing, suspense, mood, irony, cliffhangers, and more.

► Specifically, students understand and be able to explain: 

⭐️ What is horror?

⭐️ What are the subgenres of horror?

⭐️ Fear (and how authors use it)

⭐️ Suspense (and the five techniques authors use to build it)

⭐️ Foreshadowing

⭐️ Mystery

► Not only will your students be introduced to the various literary elements associated with horror, but they’ll also have opportunities to look at them in isolation by:

• Analyzing passages to see what fears authors tap into
• Creatively write about a spooky setting using sensory language and imagery
• Rewriting simple phrases using different suspense techniques such as a limited point of view, setting and imagery, pacing/fragmented sentences, dramatic irony, and cliffhangers,
• Analyzing passages to see how authors use foreshadowing

⭐ You will appreciate the visually appealing AND editable horror PowerPoint.

‍⭐ Your students will love the interactive notes that go hand-in-hand with the presentation AND the engaging horror activities and examples.

► Both printable and digital versions are included!

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Susana said, “Fantastic resource!  Lots of information, and the short clips were appropriate and especially engaging for the students.  Using this was definitely a time saver for me!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jessica said, “Students really enjoyed this intro activity and were able to work together to identify the different examples. I plan on using this each year when I introduce my Genre of Horror unit.”

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Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

RL.6.3, RL.6.5

RL.7.3, RL.7.6

RL.8.3, RL.8.6

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You might like follow up this less with one of these scary short stories:

• The Landlady
• The Monkey’s Paw
• The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
• The Elevator
• The Veldt
• Zero Hour

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Purchase the Scary Short Story Bundle to get this activity, plus the mini-lessons listed above!

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Natayle Brown

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