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English Journal

Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts

by Diana Mitchell

Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts
Grades
8 - 12
Type
Journal
Published
October 1997
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

Describes how an English teacher uses ghost stories in his classroom to further students' interest in and understanding of epics. Presents a short unit in which all the class work focuses on scary kinds of things.

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Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Students analyze scary stories to 'break the code" of horror writing and use what they learn to write scary stories of their own.