Halloween Common Core W.8.3b resources

Alphabet Publishing Books

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Also included in: Middle School English ELA Fun Halloween Activities Packet | BUNDLE| 5 Activities

Story Starter Creative Writing Prompt: Scary House

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What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger.Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant creative writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Students already have a setting, characters,

Subjects:

Activities, Printables, Centers

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

W.4.3

, W.5.3

Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

, W.6.3

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Also included in: Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End

Spooky Story Narrative Writing Unit

Created by

Beach City Plains

Get ready for Halloween by crafting scary stories! This unit is highly engaging and fully-aligned to Common Core Standards for narrative writing in 5th-8th grades. With this 3-week unit, students will:Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturallyOrient the reader by describing the setting and introducing charactersUse description, dialogue, and pacing to develop events and characters' responses to eventsUse transition words to establish sequence and signal changes in settingUse precise words

Subjects:

Halloween, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

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ELA OCTOBER: Bell Ringers Would You Rather The Landlady Alma Halloween

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Make learning a blast with this Halloween bundle of fun! Pixar-like short film workshop: ALMA, WOULD YOU RATHER HALLOWEEN EDITION, THE LANDLADY by ROALD DAHL, and October writing prompts! This bundle is the perfect way to engage your students in literary elements and RACE writing, whether in class or through distance learning. ❤PIXAR WORKSHOP INCLUDES: Link to ALMA: a spooky short film about a little girl who is lured into a doll shop only to discover, too late, that the dolls capture the soul

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.6.3

, RL.6.10

, RL.7.1

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.7

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Creating Voice with Diction and Syntax Writing Activity - Halloween Writing

Created by

Write and Read

Teaching students about voice doesn't have to be hard or boring. Monster Voice is a creative writing assignment to teach students about voice with diction and syntax. This creative writing assignment is fun and engaging. Students will create a monster and write a story from the perspective of three different characters, including the monster! This assignment is great for Halloween or year round. There is no prep. Everything is ready to print and go!This writing activity to create voice includes:

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.6.3

, W.6.3a

, W.6.3b

, W.7.3

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Also included in: English Language Arts Holiday Activity Bundle - Digital and Printable

October Writing Prompts w Passages Halloween Informational Text & Narrative Task

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Halloween, Informational Text, Writing

Improve your students' writing skills with our October weekly writing prompts for short answer and constructed response: Inlcudes high interest, spooky informational articles and a narrative writing task: Write Your Own Legend! Students learn the elements of a legend, and how to develop the characters, setting, plot, and theme of their narrative! Guaranteed fun and learning! INCLUDES:⭐ 4 Weekly Passages⭐ 4 Writing Prompts- Aligned with CCSS, TEKS, and Most State Standards⭐ Sample Answers for Al

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RI.5.1

, RI.5.2

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.5

, RI.6.1

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Also included in: ELA OCTOBER: Bell Ringers Would You Rather The Landlady Alma Halloween

Literary Crimes:"Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," & "The Landlady"

Created by

Kalli Colley- My Name is Alliteration

After reading "Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Landlady," students will become the detectives and analyze the murderers in each story! In this activity, students will fill out a "case file" for each murderer where they will summarize, make inferences, and cite text. Then, they will select one character and respond to the narrative writing prompt. This product includes an outline to help students prewrite.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Short Stories

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

RL.8.1

, RL.8.3

, W.8.3

English Language Arts, Halloween, Vocabulary

Halloween ELA Content Review Activities Middle School Print and Digital

Created by

Richey's Resources

These Halloween ELA Review activities are perfect to help spread a little Halloween spirit in your classroom. This product includes 4 Common Core-aligned Halloween ELA activities and 3 just-for-fun Halloween activities to complete with your students. The Common Core-aligned Halloween-themed activities include a figurative language review, a context clue vocabulary review, a narrative writing practice, and 3 listening comprehension practice activities.This product also includes 3 just for fun Hal

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.5

, RL.7.1

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Halloween Creative Writing Activity

Created by

English Oh My

In this Halloween Creative Writing Activity, your students will have the opportunity to write Dracula’s perspective of his life using the music of Taylor Swift’s song, “Bad Blood”. We all know the stereotypes of a vampire, but what if that is not really the story? Your students have the opportunity to explore this question, creating a song parody with Dracula’s "real story". This activity explores perspective, creative narrative writing, tone, and parody. ☆This activity is perfect for:Hallowee

Subjects:

Halloween, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

W.6.3

, W.6.3a

, W.6.3b

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

, W.7.3

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Halloween Activities - Middle School English - Fiction, Writing, Grammar

Created by

ELA Content Hub

The perfect collection of Halloween activities for your middle schoolers! This Halloween fiction bundle includes everything you need to keep the candy craze at bay. Students will be working on fun and purposeful activities designed specifically for the middle school English classroom! ✨BUNDLE & SAVE✨When you purchase the Middle School ELA Activities Bundle you get purposeful activities for all of the major holidays. Check it out!You know teaching close to Halloween is a struggle, so give the

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.2

, RL.6.4

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.4

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Also included in: Middle School English Holidays Activities Bundle

Write Your Own Horror Story - Creative Writing for Gothic Fiction

Created by

Teach with Mark and Elyse

This is a creative writing activity in which students write their own scary story! It can be assigned with any horror story of Gothic Fiction, as a fun writing alternative during the year, or as an activity during the Halloween season. It's a fun opportunity for students to learn the components of this genre through creative practice. This will include brainstorming worksheets, horror story criteria, and writing sheets for students to use. A lesson plan is included to help guide you through the

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

, W.8.3c

Halloween, Literature, Short Stories

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Also included in: Creative Writing Bundle - 8 Fun & Engaging Resources to Practice Writing

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Short Story Analysis

Created by

Chomping at the Lit

The short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving with Reading Comprehension Questions & Creative Writing Project is perfect for reading gothic, romantic literature! Who hasn't heard of the mysterious legend of the headless horseman? This spooky tale is known to many, but read and understood by few. Read Irving's original tale and have your students analyze the text with these close reading, literary analysis questions. This product includes:anticipation guide and activating

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

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Also included in: Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Hand

Creepy BUNDLE - Suspenseful Writing & Horror Movie Trailer

Created by

Connecting Curriculum

A classroom favourite!Children will analyse different suspenseful scenes before planning, drafting, and evaluating a suspenseful story of their own that uses dialogue and tension to advance the action. Next, children investigate how shadow is used to create fear in horror films before being challenged to design a movie trailer of their own. We used iMovie’s Trailer option, but the same project can be done with a variety of different software options.Lesson plans and learning intentions are plann

Subjects:

General Science, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Assessment, English (UK), Lesson

CCSS:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

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NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, MS-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-3

Six-Word Scary Story Starter Task Cards

Created by

Kimberly Dana

Six-word stories are all the rage and teens and tweens love to be scared! Now your students can apply the six-word writing prompt and create their own scary stories with these engaging (32) Six-Word Scary Story Starter Task Cards. These task cards are sure to generate rich narratives from your students as they combine story elements (setting, dialogue, conflict, etc.) with their own innate creativity. Perfect for Halloween, Creative Writing class, or any other time! Bonus: Go green!

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

, W.8.3c

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Also included in: Creative Writing Task Card Bundle

Halloween Haunted House Brochure Sensory Details Middle School ELA Lesson Plan

Created by

Open Our Books

This fully editable lesson plan, worksheet and graphic organizer/template for a Halloween-themed activity where students learn about sensory details and then create their own Haunted House brochure! Use this activity to teach and practice sensory details with a fun activity that invites students to use spooky sensory details in a Haunted House brochure!The product includes:Sensory Details Lesson Plan: Complete lesson plan for teaching students the definition of sensory details, look at example p

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.3b

Miss C's Middle School Language Arts Resources

, W.7.3b

, W.7.3d

, W.8.3

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Also included in: Halloween Middle School ELA Classroom Halloween Spooky Activities Lessons BUNDLE

Holiday Writing Bundle for Middle School Language Arts

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This bundle includes five fun writing assignments for holidays!Bundle includes:Writing a Valentine's Day Poem - This assignment is a fun and engaging way for students to learn about various elements of poetry while celebrating Valentine’s Day. The packet includes guidelines to help students write a three-stanza poem. Students learn about rhyme scheme and syllabication. They also learn about various elements of poetry such as similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and assonance. Graphic

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

W.6.3

, W.6.3a

, W.6.3b

, W.6.3c

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing-Essays

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Halloween Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics Quizzes

Created by

Write On with Jamie

Introducing essay writing for Halloween has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric,

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

W.6.1

, W.6.1a

, W.6.1b

, W.6.1c

, W.6.1d

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Also included in: Holiday Writing Prompts Essay Lessons w/ Graphic Organizers Middle School Bundle

Literary Analysis | Narrative Writing | Halloween | Pi Short Film Unit 2

Created by

English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

Your ENTIRE Middle School Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Seesaw, or any LMS is planned, prepped, stocked and ready to share with your students for the month of OCTOBER! This Google Classroom Middle School UNIT 2 focuses on narrative writing and literary analysis.★ Each digital unit includes: highly engaging CCSS writing resources, standards, digital lesson plans, weekly & monthly calendar templates, exit ticket, and evencut & paste announcements for your stream!All you need to do i

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Unit Plans

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.6

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Narrative Writing Halloween Themed Creepy Visual Narrative Writing Prompts

Created by

Mysteries of Middle School

Your students will love writing narratives using these engaging, zero-prep visual prompts and story starters this Halloween season. Students will engage with these visually attractive prompts to write their own spooky, creepy Halloween-themed stories.Choose to display one page of prompts for the class or print the entire selection for your students to choose from. TWO differentiated narrative writing planning templates are also included to ensure your students plan an engaging and creative story

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

Halloween, Social Emotional Learning, Special Education

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Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans Middle School ELA Substitute Lesson Plans Bundle

Fall, Halloween Social and Emotional Learning Activity: Fear and Courage

Created by

Accommodate Awesome

Fall & Halloween Social and Emotional Learning Lesson - Understanding Fear and Courage for Middle School and High School Classroom Discussion & Writing Activities with Rubrics and Extentions✨(Part 1 of 7 Lessons in Halloween SEL Unit) ✨Want a bell-ringer for this activity? Click here! ✨Looking for Lesson 2 - Building Empathy? Click here!Elevate your middle school and high school Halloween lessons with our engaging and thought-provoking Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson on "Under

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.8.1c

, W.8.2c

, W.8.2d

, W.8.3

Halloween, Writing, Writing-Essays

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Also included in: Halloween SEL Activity Bundle - Reading Comprehnsion Activities

Free Fall Themed Narrative Writing Practice Digital and Print

Created by

Richey's Resources

This resource includes a fall themed practice narrative writing prompt for students to finish! Students can use the prompt provided to practice and review the skills needed when writing a narrative. This free prompt may focus on completing the ending of the story, the beginning of the story, incorporating dialogue, or incorporating sensory details within the story. Now includes a link for this product to be used with Google Slides!This resource is great for narrative review and practice. It is g

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

The Mindful English Classroom

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Halloween Writing Prompts | Journal Prompt | Creative Writing | Do Now | Photos

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October writing assignments just got easier. This activity provides a month's worth of Halloween Themed Writing Prompts. 28 Slides can be used for Use for Do Now, Writing Prompt, Journal Prompt, or Creative Writing Lesson. Each activity includes a photo and a corresponding writing prompt. Prompts focus on poetry, narratives, point of view, defending an argument, descriptive writing, or characterization. Perfect fall writing activities for the middle or high school classrooms.Includes:28 Hallowee

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

, W.8.4

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Also included in: Halloween ELA Activity BUNDLE | Puzzles | Writing Prompts | SEL Activities

WOULD YOU RATHER back to school questions and HALLOWEEN edition

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Make learning a blast with this Back To School and Halloween WOULD YOU RATHER bundle of fun! Get your students moving and laughing.HOW IT WORKS:Students are given 2 unsavory but funny choices and must decide which they would prefer. Your students are guaranteed to have a great time, as well as to connect with their peers. Students move to the A or B side of the room to indicate their choice. My favorite thing about this game is that students are constantly shifting sides and they get to see that

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.6.3

, RL.6.10

, RL.7.1

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.7

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Horror Elements Lesson | Game | Handout | Friday of Fear Activity | Halloween

Created by

Trang Exchange

New and improved! Kids love this unit! Introduce horror elements that students can later use when crafting their own horror stories. Analyze short, short films--not the one above--and then play the Friday of Fear community-building activity. Packed with engaging slides, student handout, hook or recap video, paperless game, activity, and teacher tour. Follow me for more teacher and tutor tools. Thanks for visiting. Happy Horror Unit! For Google Slides, scroll to the end of the PDF. It will promp

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Games, Lesson

CCSS:

, W.8.3c