Scary Short Story

Have students write a short story about a time when they were scared.

This can be a true story or a made-up story or a combination of both.

If your students can't think of anything on their own, here are some prompts they could consider:

• A UFO lands on the top of the school. An alien grabs you and tells you to take him to your leader. What happens next?
• Someone dares you to knock on the door of a haunted house. When you knock, the door opens. What happens when you go inside the house?
• You are taking a walk and you get lost in the woods. It begins to get dark. You hear creepy noises and you see a greenish glow. What is glowing? What happens next?
• You find out that there is a ghost living in your house. Is it a nice ghost or a scary ghost? How do you know? What happens when you see the ghost?
• One morning, you look in the mirror and see that you have started to turn into a monster. What happened the day before that might have made you a monster? What will you do now? Do you want to be a monster? Will you do something to try to become human again?
• You notice a black cat following you. The cat crosses your path over and over again on purpose. Why? Do you get bad luck? What happens to you? What happens to the cat?
• You kill all the ants in an ant hill (accidentally or on purpose). The ghosts of all the ants start to haunt you. What do they do to you? What do you do about the tiny, angry, ant ghosts?
• Your science project goes horribly wrong. You've created a monster! What happens? Do you get first prize at the science fair?