Thinking about suspense!

Monday 19th January 2009

Year 6 are in the middle of the suspense narrative unit, in literacy. We have been using drama and discussion to learn about the features of suspense writing. We also looked at various stories, highlighting in them, where the author used these features effectively. After writing some sentence starters we then produced a paragraph, which conveys the suspense. Year 6 are all doing very well and showing their creative flair - Here is a good example.

The leaves rustled. Branches swayed. Who's there? Suddenly, footsteps
got closer and sounded louder. Trees towered over me. I heard their piercing sound. They were now running towards me. Immediately I turned. Silence. A dark shadow slipped, as quickly as a mouse, into the dark, moulding leaves. Someone or something was watching me...

By Grace W