Author Archives: Robert Shelley

Assignment #2: Horror Microfiction and Tone Words

For my assignment I choose some horror microfiction as my text with the lesson being to identify and list any words that contribute to the tone or atmosphere of horror. Students then used that as a warm up to a … Continue reading

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Assignment #3: Translation of Horror Microfiction

This is a translation of one piece of horror microfiction I did for Assignment #2 and in my Horror Short Stories Unit with English 8. Original Microfiction Text: There’s nothing like the laughter of a baby. Unless it’s 1 a.m. … Continue reading

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