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This document provides writing prompts and information about horror stories and the origins of Jack-o-lanterns. It gives two writing options: 1) writing an email to a friend asking for advice after an argument with a significant other, following specific rules. 2) creating an original horror story or adapting an existing one, noting common horror elements. It then tells the folk tale of Stingy Jack, who was denied entry to heaven and hell for his miserly ways and was doomed to wander with only a lantern, becoming the origin of the jack-o-lantern Halloween tradition.

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OPTION A Page 13 Studentbook You have just had an argument with your girlfriend/boyfriend. Write an email to a friend asking for advice  Follow the rules you have in the book  Use the tenses you have studied in the unit  Make use of Both, Neither…  Use contractions because it is a letter/mail  Write the mail structure correctly (Hi…/ Bye…)
OPTION B HORROR STORIES Create your own horror story or make an adaptation of any other story you already know. Common elements to horror stories ï‚— Characterization ï‚— Atmosphere ï‚— Suspense ï‚— Fear ï‚— Scene /context
Unit 1 writing
THE STORY OF THE JACK-O-LANTERN Jack, it seems, was a bad man. He kept all his money to himself. He wouldn't help people for all of his life. When Jack died, he wasn't allowed into Heaven because he was such a miser: a person who wouldn't share his money. It seems that Jack also had played tricks on the Devil, who wouldn't let him into hell, either. Jack was stuck. He had to walk the earth, holding a lantern, until Judgment Day. This is the story that has been handed down to us by the Irish people who came to America in the 1800s. They carved their turnips into the face of "Jack-of-the-lantern" to remind themselves what happened to people who were misers. And in the fall, pumpkins are much easier to find than turnips. So that's why Americans today carve their pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns.

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Unit 1 writing

  • 2. OPTION A Page 13 Studentbook You have just had an argument with your girlfriend/boyfriend. Write an email to a friend asking for advice ï‚¢ Follow the rules you have in the book ï‚¢ Use the tenses you have studied in the unit ï‚¢ Make use of Both, Neither… ï‚¢ Use contractions because it is a letter/mail ï‚¢ Write the mail structure correctly (Hi…/ Bye…)
  • 3. OPTION B HORROR STORIES Create your own horror story or make an adaptation of any other story you already know. Common elements to horror stories ï‚— Characterization ï‚— Atmosphere ï‚— Suspense ï‚— Fear ï‚— Scene /context
  • 5. THE STORY OF THE JACK-O-LANTERN Jack, it seems, was a bad man. He kept all his money to himself. He wouldn't help people for all of his life. When Jack died, he wasn't allowed into Heaven because he was such a miser: a person who wouldn't share his money. It seems that Jack also had played tricks on the Devil, who wouldn't let him into hell, either. Jack was stuck. He had to walk the earth, holding a lantern, until Judgment Day. This is the story that has been handed down to us by the Irish people who came to America in the 1800s. They carved their turnips into the face of "Jack-of-the-lantern" to remind themselves what happened to people who were misers. And in the fall, pumpkins are much easier to find than turnips. So that's why Americans today carve their pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns.