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5 Easy Tips for Teaching Horror Stories

October 18, 2020

So, you’re teaching horror stories, but you don’t want to do the same, boring unit that everyone else does? You want your students to be engaged, creative, but to also learn the foundational purpose and practices of the horror genre. In this blog post, I’ll cover 5 tips for teaching horror stories so that your unit will stand out!

If you’re looking for other ideas for incorporating Halloween into your English classroom, you might want to also check out this post. 

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Teaching Horror Stories Tip #1: Define Horror

Don’t assume students will know what you mean by horror. Yes, they intuitively know what the horror genre is. They know when they’re watching a scary movie or reading a creepy tale. 

Skip the prep and grab your horror introduction presentation (with guided notes!) right here!

But defining “horror” is challenging. Students may not be able to explain the genre’s purpose. 

They probably won’t think about the nuances of the genre, or be able to name subgenres like Gothic literature. 

And they definitely won’t think to talk about the importance of setting the mood or using foreshadowing to prime the reader. 

Because students aren’t strangers to horror, you don’t have to spend a whole class period making them write down lengthy definitions, list tons of examples, or do a jigsaw activity to create a definition. 

But you should directly introduce horror as a genre in literature, film, and art and go over common techniques found in the writing.

If you’d like to save yourself some time, I have a short and sweet horror genre introductory presentation here. You can present it in-person or remotely. I’ve even included a Google Form quiz around the presentation, just in case you need to make sure your distance learning students are paying attention behind their screens. 

Teaching Horror Stories Tip #2: Teach and Review Literary Terms

When you’re defining horror for your students, don’t forget to cover the most useful literary terms. To me, this means reviewing “mood”, “setting”, “foreshadowing”, and “suspense.” 

Don’t take for granted that your students know these crucial literary terms. Despite learning “foreshadowing” every year since 6th grade, my seniors still struggle to define it every year. 

I like to review these words right away in the beginning so that we can watch for these writing techniques as we analyze our horror texts. 

Analyzing an author’s use of foreshadowing and suspense also helps us dive deeper into a text, rather than spending all of class time making sure students merely comprehend it. Plus, if you have students do their own horror writing, you’ll want them to know and understand these terms.

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Teaching Horror Stories Tip #3: Use Film

You’ll find immediately that your students can talk about horror films forever. Use that to your advantage and incorporate some film into your unit. 

Film clips can be especially beneficial for providing a visual example of a writing technique. 

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Guide your students through thinking about suspense using horror shorts in this fun activity!

For example, I think it’s difficult for students to track suspense in text. Rather than start with this, I like to review suspense and look at some examples in film first. 

I show my students a collection of horror shorts, have them rate the shorts for their level and suspense, and then we discuss where in the videos suspense was heightened and where it fell flat. 

The kids have so much fun playing film critic, they don’t even realize they’re learning! And later when I start teaching horror stories, that eye for suspense will more easily transfer to the text. 

If you’d like to try this suspense activity with your students, you can get everything you need right here.

If you want more ideas for using film in the classroom in general, my friend Yaddy wrote us this great blog post all about it. 

Teaching Horror Stories Tip #4: Reach Beyond the Classics

I mostly teach high school seniors. By the time they get to me, Edgar Allan Poe has been beaten to death.

In fact, when I say that we’re going to be reading some horror stories, often students will reply, “So we’re going to be reading that Poe guy?” as if he has a monopoly on the genre. 

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Teach “Popsy” by Stephen King without the prep using these reading questions and writing activity.

I adore Poe like every other self-respecting English teacher, but I want to expose my students to a variety of authors. I also love to mix in modern texts into my units whenever I can.

So I encourage you to “go beyond Poe” when you’re teaching horror stories this year. 

Stephen King is a good call for a modern horror author because students are familiar with, and intrigued by, him. Many of his stories are not appropriate for teaching, however. This one, however, is short, only has a few swear words, and is a fantastic piece of horror. 

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Skip the prep for teaching this horror comic with these reading questions and a writing/drawing activity.

If you’d like to skip the prep, grab my two activities for “Popsy” by Stephen King right here.

Another one of my favorite canon-alternatives is “Out of Skin” by E. M. Carroll. I love this one because it’s a digital graphic novel–something that students do not expect! Because so much of the information is presented in the images, students really have to stretch their inference skills. 

Mixing in a variety of modern authors and different media can not only keep students engaged, but it can help show them that the horror genre is alive and well and all around them. 

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Teaching Horror Stories Tip #5: Let Students Create

My last tip for teaching horror stories is to let students create their own.

After studying foreshadowing techniques and examining creepy settings, it’s only right that students should try their hand at creating their own! Plus, we have to climb our way up that Bloom’s Taxonomy scale, right?

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This resource includes everything you need to have students write horror personal narratives in-person or online.

I always get excited to sit down and craft a creepy tale, but my students don’t. Often when I tell them that we’re going to write a scary story their eyes go wide–it’s the most scared they get throughout the whole horror unit!

Anticipate that many of your students will become immediately overwhelmed when told to write creatively. Make sure to provide a small, focused task and lots of scaffolds. 

For example, instead of writing a horror story, you can narrow it down to a horror personal narrative. A horror story can literally be about anything, but a personal narrative is at least confined to the student’s personal life. 

A horror personal narrative narrows down topics even more–students will just write about a scary moment or memory. 

Like with any other writing activity, you’ll want to have a rubric ready and help your students outline. If you like the idea of a personal horror narrative, you can easily grab everything you need here. 

FREE It's Lit Teaching TPT Resource: 2-Sentence Horror Stories Writing Activity
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Alternatively, you can go even shorter with a horror story.

Writing a two-sentence horror story has become a very popular activity. You can search for them all over the web and find some really awesome (and creepy!) examples. Netflix even has a whole show now based around some of the best. 

And any student can find a way to write two sentences. 

If you’d like to offer your students this activity, I have everything you need for free right here.

Conclusion

Whenever you’re teaching horror stories make sure to cover the basics: introduce your unit, cover the literary terms, and review important writing techniques. 

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But be sure to have fun, too. Incorporate some out-of-the-box (or out-of-the-canon) literature. Use some film clips and illustrations in your unit. 

And always let students have the opportunity to craft their own scary story. The activity doesn’t have to be long or even a final project, but students’ minds need time and space to create, experiment in writing, and try new things.  

If you’re looking for ways to incorporate the Halloween spirit into your classroom, check out this blog post full of October teaching ideas. 

Otherwise, if you have no idea where to start in planning a short horror story unit–or just don’t have the time!–check out my two-week horror genre study unit right here. 

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𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁. Add some new Pinterest pins. Include it in a blog post. Let your IG followers and email subscribers know that it has a shiny new finish. ⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. Are your views and conversions going up?⁣
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Give it plenty of time (at least six months) before doing any drastic tweaking. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲!⁣
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👉𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀? ⁣
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𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗧𝗣𝗧 only newsletter!

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What are you dreaming up for 2021?⁣ ⁣ Besides What are you dreaming up for 2021?⁣
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Besides a world in which I can travel, hug my friends, and skip the "mask-ne" on my face, I'm dreaming up some big goals for this year. ⁣
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⭐ Launch more tools and share more information to help teachers begin their Teachers Pay Teachers stores⁣
⭐ Marry @zionthelyon in October (and survive the wedding-planning process until then)⁣
⭐ Offer an entire done-for-you Creative Writing course on my Teachers Pay Teachers store⁣
⭐ Make yoga a habit that's so instinctual, I don't even think about it⁣
⭐ Go back to school to learn about web development⁣
⭐ Organize my entire home⁣
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...and so much more. I have bitten a lot off this year, but I'm up for the challenge. ⁣
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? I'd love to see what you're going to accomplish in 2021!⁣
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This book is a must-read for white people.⁣ ⁣ This book is a must-read for white people.⁣
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Years of working with at-risk, high-poverty, diverse students had already done wonders for making me aware of my own personal privilege. ⁣
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But Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give really connected some major dots for me. ⁣
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✊ Riots aren't caused by uncivilized people. They're a symptom of systemic oppression and the natural result of injustice and anger building over time.⁣
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And while I never thought I'd need to be intimately familiar with the workings of riots, 2020 proved me wrong. I'm so glad that I (and the students to whom I've taught this novel) had read this book prior to the Kenosha riots.⁣
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It allowed me to approach the whole ordeal with more understanding, more empathy, and helped me to stay focused on the priorities--human lives and justice--rather than getting caught up in the property damage. ⁣
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I've recently bundled all of my resources for this wonderful novel with some related titles (Dear Martin and All American Boys) into one epic literature circle unit.⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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(Oh, and everything included is both PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL!)⁣
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Repeating the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is Repeating the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is not enough.⁣
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We must live them.⁣
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I know in my own district, the curriculum is often compartmentalized. It's February--time for an African American literature unit. It's MLK day--time for a biography lesson.⁣
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While these are steps in the right direction, we are long past the time for a single African American unit. 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼. ⁣
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We can't continue to lump entire groups of people into a one-month unit and call our work done. ⁣
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Honor the work done before us today and try to imagine places in your classroom in which you can push against the traditionally white canon. ⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂⁣
⚫ 𝘈𝘥𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦?⁣
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⚫ 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺?⁣
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⚫ 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴?⁣
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Change happens from within--from within us and from within our classrooms. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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What is it you need to cover or teach?⁣ ⁣ Lite What is it you need to cover or teach?⁣
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Literature circles are great for exploring a variety of topics. ⁣
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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: ⁣
⚫ A genre (𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳)⁣
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⚫ An author (𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦)⁣
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⚫ A book type (𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴)⁣
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You can still teach your required content while providing students with choice, differentiation, and the ability to collaborate with their peers. ⁣
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𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼.
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