Scary Stories …part two

“La Novia Muerta”  Alma R. Cacho Era una vez en un panteon al atardecer con el viento escalfriante, los arboles moviendose, las ojas de los arboles volando la obscuridad se asercaba! Cuando de pronto en una de las tumbas se comenzo a escuchar un ruida, como de una cripta abriendosa y entonces al voltear veo […]

Images evoke scary stories: Halloween writing experience.

Students in my BOCES Adult Literacy ESL LEVEL 3-4 class got in the spirit of the season by writing scary stories inspired by the illustrations of Edward Gorey (what an appropriate name!) First in their native language (Spanish) and then translated by them into English. Finally, they read their stories in both languages to another […]