Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD

Writing task You want to take part in an international competition for young writers of mysterious stories. The task you have to fulfil is to write a short story (300–350 words) linked with the topic of death, starting with the following opening: 16 Reading tips 17 “I am about to – or I am going to – die. Either expression is used.” (Dominique Bouhours, grammarian) Frank Brown had no idea what would come when he entered the churchyard. He… I’d been walking through the wood for half an hour when I suddenly became aware of the total • absence of sound. The spider was fat, black and ugly. At first, nobody seemed to notice it. But then ... • I was greatly surprised when there was a knock at my door and a hooded figure stood there. • The clock struck midnight. A terrible storm arose. The people in the village were all in their beds sleeping. • All but one. Brian O’Flannagan ... Astley, Neil (ed.): Do Not Go Gentle: Funeral Poems (Bloodaxe 2003) Banks, Russell: The Sweet Hereafter (HarperPerennial 1997) Barker, Elspeth (ed.): Loss (J.M. Dent 1997) Bloom, Harold: Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems (Harper 2010) Carson, Anne: Nox (New Directions 2010) Crace, Jim: Being Dead (Penguin 2000) Enright, D. J.: The Oxford Book of Death (OUP 2008) Eugenides, Jeffrey: The Virgin Suicides (Bloomsbury 1993) Franks, Mark (ed.): The Nation’s Favourite Poems of Remembrance (BBC Books 2003) Kastenbaum, R. J.: Death, Society, and Human Experience (Allyn & Bacon 10 2008) Maso, Carole: Ava (Dalkey Archive Press 1995) O’Nan, Stewart: The Night Country (Bloomsbury 2004) Quindlen, Anna: One True Thing (Dell 1994) Roach, Mary: Stiff (Penguin 2004) Schechter, Harold: The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End (Ballantine Books 2009) Six Feet Under (American TV series) (Warner Home Video 2009, 25 DVDs) Suri, Manil: The Death of Vishnu (Bloomsbury 2002) Further ideas – here are some other possible openings: “I should never have switched from Scotch to Martini.” (Humphrey Bogart, film star) “My fun days are over.” (James Dean, film star, shortly before his fatal crash) 100 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv