Omnidrone & Bob

Glenn Kim Omnidrone & Bob

Vocabulary focus: What does the prefix omni- mean? Can you find any other words beginning with omni-? What do they have in common? What is an omnidrone?
Where is this? Describe the setting using your senses.
What is the omnidrone doing to Bob?
Is someone controlling it?
How is Bob resisting it?
What do you think will happen?
Write this scene as a narrative – how will you build suspense? How will you make your reader feel something? What do you want them to feel? [Top tip: Use a mixture of sentence lengths, especially short sentences to build the pace.]
Use this Prezi by Stuart Rathe to teach suspense writing.

Jacob Roberts year 5
Posted at 15:16h, 21 April Reply

There were two creatures, manuvering round the perilous depths of hell. One was a hulking figure, with arms bigger than lampposts and eyes like neon plasma. The other was quite the opposite of the behemoth of a machine. He was about the size of a volleyball, with intricate, miniature arms and tiny blue circles for eyes.