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Shawn J . Ward

SPOOKY-SCARY STORY WRITING

During the Halloween week , we wrote some scary-spooky stories in our CE classes . What we did was to create our own scary stories , draw our own picture , assemble them as a poster , and put them on our lockers . Because this project was for Halloween , everything should be scary . It was a fun activity and for me the best part , which I liked the most , was the drawings of the stories . Because many of my friends drew beautiful drawings about their stories . Also , I like reading scary stories and that ’ s why I enjoyed this project that much . Moreover , every time I see our projects on our lockers I am reminded of how much fun I had while I was doing this project .

Nil KARAKIZLI

In the end , our teacher gave us the freedom to write what we feel is a scary-spooky story . I guess what makes things scary-spooky is different for everyone and true writing comes from freedom . My friends and I are looking forward to making another project like this .

Derin ÖĞÜTÇÜ

GRANDMOTHER ’ S HOUSE

Zoe and her family were going to visit her grandmother , Mrs . Ellerby . They woke up early , packed and headed to her grandmother ’ s house . It was a four hour long journey . At least , she wasn ’ t alone , her older sister Chloe was there too . But Chloe would never play with Zoe , she wouldn ’ t even say a word . All she did was look at her phone all day . Their dog Chase was in the car enjoying the trip as well . Zoe was thinking of all the fun things that they could do at grandma ’ s . When they arrived it was after noon . Mrs . Ellerby was waiting for them at the door . Zoe ran to hug her and Chase followed . Chloe and their parents came along too . After everyone settled down , they had dinner . Zoe could tell that her grandmother had missed them a lot from how she talked , “ She is very lonely …” Zoe thought . Her grandfather had died in a car accident two years earlier . Since then , Mrs . Ellerby has lived alone . They even once talked with her grandma about moving in with them , but she didn ’ t accept it . After dinner they all went to bed , everyone was tired . Zoe slept with Chloe in the guest room , it was very cozy . Chase put his head on Zoe ’ s chest and fell asleep with the sound of her heart beat . The next morning , Zoe woke up to a delicious smell . She went downstairs and saw Mrs . Ellerby cooking breakfast . “ Good morning !” she said happily , Zoe smiled . “ Come on everybody , breakfast is ready !” They had breakfast together , then Zoe and Chase went out for a walk in the forest . Chase loved walks , so did Zoe . She loved being in the outdoors and under the trees , hearing the chirping birds . She was daydreaming when she realized that they were lost , she panicked . How were they going to get back home ? Zoe tried several ways but she still couldn ’ t find a way out of the forest .

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