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Riddle
• What gets wetter as it dries?
American Slang: HOOKED
• Definition: Addicted; to like something so much
that you need it every day.
I'm really hooked on the bread from

Galicia.
What are Urban Legands
• Urban Legends Stories that describe
unbelievably __________ events. Often start
out like a true story, but always get around to
something unbelievably bizarre, ___________,
and horrifying. Take place in
_______________ settings (homes, schools,
offices, hotels, shopping malls, freeways, etc.)
Characters are ___________ people; usually
said to be someone you know.
• familiar; bizarre; ordinary; comic
An Urban Legend should look like this …
• A familiar beginning just like any other story.
• Something unfamiliar (shocking!) happens!
• People react to the event in the way they
know how .
• Weirdness explained … in a way that make
readers go “whaaat?”
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ax1_GQ
poI
Create your own Urban Legend
• Create an original urban legend from start to
finish.

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Urban

  • 1. Riddle • What gets wetter as it dries?
  • 2. American Slang: HOOKED • Definition: Addicted; to like something so much that you need it every day. I'm really hooked on the bread from Galicia.
  • 3. What are Urban Legands • Urban Legends Stories that describe unbelievably __________ events. Often start out like a true story, but always get around to something unbelievably bizarre, ___________, and horrifying. Take place in _______________ settings (homes, schools, offices, hotels, shopping malls, freeways, etc.) Characters are ___________ people; usually said to be someone you know. • familiar; bizarre; ordinary; comic
  • 4. An Urban Legend should look like this … • A familiar beginning just like any other story. • Something unfamiliar (shocking!) happens! • People react to the event in the way they know how . • Weirdness explained … in a way that make readers go “whaaat?”
  • 5. The Vanishing Hitchhiker • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ax1_GQ poI
  • 6. Create your own Urban Legend • Create an original urban legend from start to finish.