Not only jumpscares – exploring horror tropes
Lesson overview
- B2
- Lesson Brick
- 60(+) min
- Premium
In this lesson, the students:
- get to know different horror subgenres
- read movie synopses
- write their own experimental horror
This Lesson Brick can be used as a Halloween lesson but also creative writing practise for people who love movies! You don’t need to be a horror fan to participate.
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Speaking and writing
In need of a non-typical fascinating Halloween lesson? Discover an exciting world of scary movies! Make your students familiar with horror types, synopses of the horror classics and encourage them to discuss horrors. However, talking about horrors is not the best part. The worksheet includes a creative writing game, in which students create their own experimental horror movie synopsis based on various prompts. Welcome to the lesson, where aliens meet high school students in outer space – get creative!
This lesson contains
- a lesson plan for students in PDF for download (Student’s Brick)
- a lesson plan for teachers with key and teaching notes in PDF for download (Teacher’s Brick)
- an online presentation in Google Slides (Online Brick) with an interactive game
- game manual and cards to cut out for offline teaching
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