- 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.
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Jacob Roberts year 5
Posted at 15:16h, 21 AprilThere 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.