Kickapoo Creative Writing Fall 2013

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Spooky share


You all worked so hard on your spooky stories--I'd like for you to take some time today to see what your classmates have come up with.  I've divided the class into groups of four--see the lists at the end of this post.  Please find the blogs of the other members of your group (check the sidebar of the class blog) and complete the following:

1.  Read your classmate's Halloween-inspired story and leave a comment with 3 specific, supportive and complimentary remarks regarding the story and how it was written. 

In the spirit of the holiday, let's get cheesy and call these BOO-YAs.  As in:  "BOO-YA!  You really got me with that twist at the end--I would have never guessed it was her sister stalking her all along.  Creepy!"  Or:  "BOO-YA!  Your use of dialogue was effective and pulled me into the story.  I never thought a conversation between a little boy and the demon living in his closet could sound so natural."  I guess if you're too cool, you could leave off the BOO-YA part, but don't cop out and put a rushed, generic comment like, "It was scary" or "Nice job."  Lame. 

If, by chance, someone in your group has not posted a scary story, move on to step 2 on that blog and maybe check back later in the block or focus on the other group members' stories.

2.  Then browse the rest of that classmate's blog and choose 3 other pieces to leave a positive, specific comment on.

3.  Move on to the blogs of the other people in your group.

4.  If you have time and would like to read and/or comment on other class members' stories, you can cruise through the blogs on the sidebar of our class blog and see what others have been up to.  Leave comments if you have time.

5.   In a New Post on your own blog, write up a brief summary of the scary stories of each of your classmates in your group and name at least one detail or technique you really liked.  Add a bit at the end of your post about your Halloween plans (and if they come close to anything in the stories you read!).

Groups of 4:


Carissa
Jordan
Trevor
Tristan

Dianna
Shay
Danielle
Gabby

Nick
Brittany
Reece
Morgan

Natalie M.
Desiree
Teyondra
Savanna

Christina
Dakota
Naomi
Hanna

Courtney
Zach
Albert
Allison

Victoria
Natalie W.
Ben
Kayla


Thank you!  Be careful out there tonight and enjoy your long weekend...You are all such boo-tiful people...

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