Vocabulary: Chapel

Doing Evil Part 1

Aug 13, 2024

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Genre: Philosophical

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: A cross to bear, Atheist, Boarding school, Bullying, Chapel, Evil, Host (Christianity), Hypocrisy, Lord, Mass, Rota, Satan, Seven deadly sins, Spit, Tabernacle, Test the waters

Word Count: 3625

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

When Tobias’s parents ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, ‘Evil.’ There’s just one problem: his parents are devoted Christians! As Tobias does more and more bad things, his parents try to find ways to make him good, until finally there is only one option left…
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Parts 1 & 2

Dec 13, 2022

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Genre: Myths & Legends

Setting: Medieval

New Vocabulary: Alliteration, Axe, Be on your guard, Bless, Blow (hit), Chapel, Chastity, Chatter, Chivalry, Court (royalty), Feast, Fruits of …, Hag, Holy, Hop, Knight, Lady, Lord (Middle Ages), Mass (religion), Offspring, Potion, Rhyme, Shield, Siege, Sire (verb), Spoils, Step in the ring, Suit of armour, Trencher, Wicked

Word Count: 2910

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table lIve peacefully at Camelot. But on New Year’s eve, a terrible knight rides into the castle, made entirely of green. He gives them a challenge: a man must come and attack him with his axe, and if the Green Knight survives, he will attack the man in a year and a day. Arthur’s nephew, Gawain, accepts the challenge, but things are not as they seem…
The Shadow Club #4: Hunting for Shadows

Jul 6, 2021

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Genre: Action

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Bench, Bend back, Chapel, Cross your arms, Daft, Hairs stand on end, Knock over, Loser, Patrol, Split up

Word Count: 1851

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

‘Hey, what are you three losers up to?’ I turned around. Bethany was standing right next to us. She was the only girl in our team, and none of the other boys liked her very much. Sure, when we were on the field, we were a team, but it was strange when you were hanging out with other boys, and then suddenly there was a girl there. And she wasn’t like the other girls in…

Vocabulary: Chapel

Doing Evil Part 1

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Parts 1 & 2

The Shadow Club #4: Hunting for Shadows