Feedback chapter 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Literary devices

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Watch and make notes

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

I'm drowing in a sea of grief.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

I came in like a wreckingball

All the world’s a stage.

The tired old car coughed and weezed and crawled down the street.

Metaphor: saying that A = B

• Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage and men and women players".
• Life is a roller coaster.
  
• That last English test was hell on earth.
  

Simile: saying that A is like B.

• She swims so well, she's like a fish in the ocean.
• It's hot as hell in here.
• They fought like lions to defend themselves.
  

This house is as clean as a whistle.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile

He's as strong as an ox!

1. metaphor
2. simile

Life is a box of chocolates.

1. metaphor
2. simile

Now 

Do ex 59 c 

Urban Legend

Ernest Hemmingway

contest:

write a scary story in only six words

He won with these lines:

"For sale, Baby shoes, Never worn"

Today:

• Feedback test chapter 1 
• Horror stories 

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I (ik) schrijven we in het Engels ALTIJD met hoofdletter!

Verder:

• Aan het begin van de zin
• Bij namen 
• Bij maanden / dagen 

Improve this piece of writing 

An approximate level of writing 

Check your marks now!

To what extent are you happy/unhappy about your mark?

010

Do you celebrate Halloween?

Yes

No

Would you go to a Halloween party?

Yes, I would love to!

No, I don't like to dress up

No, I think it is stupid

Maybe, if my friends are going

How much money do Americans spend on Halloween each year?

Around 2 million dollars

Around 6 million dollars

Around 10 million dollars

00:42

Which one IS NOT related to Halloween activities?

1. Watching horror movies
2. Trick or treat
3. Going to church
4. Dressing up in a costume

00:51

What is this video about?

1. Why halloween has become so popular in Europe
2. What halloween activities are most popular
3. The history of halloween
4. The most popular halloween costumes

01:00

Halloween originated in ___ , ___ years ago

1. Celtic Ireland, 2000
2. The US, 200

01:20

"during Samhain, the veils between this world and the other world were at their thinnest". What other world?

1. The modern world
2. The world of the dead
3. Heaven
4. Hell

01:33

Why did people wear costumes on Halloween, originally?

1. So that evil spirits wouldn' t harm them
2. To be more inviting to their lost loved ones and ancestors

02:03

The Celtic druids were labeled as

1. warriors
2. death talkers
3. devil worshipers

03:21

In the 19th century Halloween was revised by which immigrant groups?

1. Scottish and Irish
2. Italian and Spanish
3. German and Russian

03:34

"Trick or Treat" in the U.S. developed to stop the vandalism that would occur around Halloween.

1. true
2. false

04:50

The idea of ''carving pumpkins" was originally done to what food?

1. apples
2. turnips
3. watermelons
4. pears

05:09

Apple bobbing was used to tell

1. secrets
2. fables
3. fortunes
4. messages of the dead

Goals for today

* You can write a terrifying tale

* You are able to use adjectives and adverbs to create a descriptive plot

* You have provided useful feedback to your peers

Have your ever heard of an Urban Legend or Urban Myth?

YES

NO

Definition

"an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true."

(Merriam Webster)

Urban Legend

Ernest Hemmingway

contest:

write a scary story in only six words

He won with these lines:

"For sale, Baby shoes, Never worn"

Your turn!

* Two sentence horror stories

* The challenge is that your terrifying tale can only be two sentences long!  

Some examples

Example #1

Some examples

Example #2

Some examples

Example #3

Some examples

Example #4

"The last person on earth sat in a room.

There came a knock at the door."

Brainstorming

Your two sentence horror story must have a setting, characters, and a descriptive plot, just like a full-length story, so do some brainstorming:

WHO - Who are the main characters? How are they described in the story?

WHAT - What is the scary story about? What is the problem?

WHEN - When does this story take place? What is the time of day, time of year or season, and is it set in the past present or future?

WHERE - Where does the story take place? How is the setting described in the story?

WHY - Why is the main character in danger? Is it resolved?

Two Sentence Horror Story

You want to be sure your two sentence horror story has vivid details, strong verbs, and specific nouns

Use a thesaurus to find stronger verbs and specific nouns

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus 

www.merriam-webster.com

Type your sentences here