SCARY STORIES | HALLOWEEN BUNDLE

Horror stories and chilling writing to BOO in the Halloween spirit at 35% OFF. These high interest activities develop reading and writing skills in the secondary classroom while promoting student engagement. This bundle includes 4 amazing units:

Urban Legend Task Cards:

EXAMINE MOTIF, MORAL, AND SYMBOLISM WITH SOME SERIOUS CREEPY FACTOR. The 6 unique urban legend stories and task cards are designed for classroom use to develop students understanding of figurative language. Use the task cards in group rotations or as a whole class activity. This resource was developed for secondary classrooms and avoids the gimmicky urban legends made for younger audiences.

Includes 8 writing prompts for students to create their own urban legends and an extension activity with the popular Creepy Pasta website.

The following urban legends are included in this resource:

-Trick or Treat: Two boys learn the meaning of this phrase on Halloween night.

-An Eye for an Eye: A mother must battle with the changing personality of her dual eye colored teen.

-One-Way Fare- An Uber drive gets more than he bargained for.

-Blood or Air?- A detective searches through a local farmer's market for clues to 5 recent murders.

-The Essay of Her Life: A student just might take her essay to seriously.

-Burning Ring of Fire: What is a mother willing to sacrifice?

"The Lottery": Play and Socratic Seminar:

ANALYZE GROUP CONFORMITY AND INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY WITH THE LOTTERY AND PERSONALITY THEORY! With Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Unit, the full text is included in note-taker format. The play and Socratic Seminar engage students in relevant and meaningful discussion using Jung's personality theory. In this unit, students will:

-Use teleplay to evaluate author's intention

-Compile understanding of camera choices for everyday analysis of film technique

-Perform a class play using "The Lottery" plot line

-Evaluate the author's characterization and align it with modern personality theory

-Collaborate in meaningful discussion of the themes, moral, and character actions in "The Lottery"

This unit has been used in classrooms ranging from 6-11th grade and integrates multiple crucial Common Core Objectives. **Includes the story and all material, links, teacher tips necessary to implement the unit. In addition a recommended props list is included.

"If Cornered, Scream" Reading Strategies:

FOCUS ON READING STRATEGIES IN THE UPPER GRADES WITH "IF CORNERED, SCREAM" BY PATRICIA THURMOND. With this engaging, unique, and short text, reinforce lower and higher level reading skills in an interactive way.

This unit includes:

-Unique Graphic Organizers to aide student comprehension

-Common Core Alignment

-The entire story with vocabulary context clues development

-Focus on 7 Reading Strategies:

Predict, Infer, Identify, Question, Evaluate, Connect, & Visualize

-5 Extension Task Cards

"The Open Window" Digital Escape Room:

EXPLORE SAKI'S "THE OPEN WINDOW", A STORY OF TRICKERY; PERFECT FOR DURING THE HALLOWEEN SEASON. Mr. Nuttel has shown up at your house, claiming to be a lost relative that has never been mentioned. Armed with a fake letter from his sister, Lady Stapleton, he claims to need help curing his nerves. Little does he know that you have been writing Lady Stapleton since you were a child using secret codes. By the end off the day, can you keep Mr. Nuttle away?

Students will work through four locks in this escape room, compare two video versions of the story, and answer a mastery test at the end while using the text. This escape room is common core aligned, student friendly, and requires minimal teacher preparation.

Just give the students the URL, print out a student copy of the answer sheet, and let the fun begin. Providing the text for the story is optional, but an easy printing version of the text is included.

Complete with teacher tips with answer explanations. Students will only need the supports in the website and no additional readings. Based on teacher preference, reading the short story can be completed during the escape room, or the escape room can be done after reading the short story "Open Window."

This resource includes:

Part 1: Evaluate Lady Stapleton's Message in A Letter of Introduction

Part 2: Use the Cipher to Determine Lady Stapleton's Silent Communication

Part 3: Compare 2 videos to Determine How Vera Can Best Tell "A Great Tragedy"

Part 4: Take a Mastery Test to Evaluate How Vera's Pack of Lies Affect Others

Specific Teacher Directions with Answer Explanations
Student Lock Record Sheet

Online Google Lock through Google Forms

Printable 2 Page Short Story (double-sided)

This resource requires use of YouTube and Google forms, but additional links are provided at the bottom of each page to troubleshoot situations with wireless connectivity. You can share the link with students through Google Classroom or just give students the direct URL to type in.

The escape room has been tested on Mac, PC, and Google ChromeBook. Please check your District's firewall for use of YouTube and Google forms prior to purchasing this product.

Want to buy these products separately?

Urban Legend Task Cards

"The Lottery": Play and Socratic Seminar

"If Cornered, Scream" Reading Strategies

"The Open Window" Digital Escape Room

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