Trying to live like Robinson Crusoe. Read 2000 word story and continue.

Trying to live like Robinson Crusoe. Read 2000 word story and continue.
Whole one hour lesson resource for creative writing – thriller .
Lesson notes.

1. Read the story to your class. It is 2000 words and will take approximately ten minutes to read. Provide your students with a copy for each student.
2. The story is specially written to engage their interest. It is written in first person narrative and tells the tale of someone who gets bored in his office job and hungers after adventure. He sets out for a remote uninhabited Pacific Island, on his own full of Robinson Crusoe notions of romanticised adventure. But things turn creepy and he presses a button on a device given to him by his friend George, just before he left England. The device will summon his friend to him.
3. Task: imagine you are George, his friend and you receive the Mayday message. You travel to New Zealand and take a ferry to the island. Continue the story…
4. As preparation for the writing have a small class discussion where you consider what might happen next. Try to encourage your students to write in the style of the story so far.
5. When they have finished have a few read out to the class.
6. Then discuss with the class what makes a good story and how their stories could be improved on even more.