Digital and Printable Halloween Writing Bundle

This BUNDLE includes TWO Halloween themed writing opportunities.

Product One: Haunted House Descriptive Writing

This unit is a great way to get your students motivated to write during the Halloween season without any PREP work! Students will need access to either Docs or Word to type their final copies. Everything else is ready to be uploaded!

Students are given the following prompt: Your friends dared you to spend the night in a notorious haunted house in your neighborhood, and of course, you accepted the challenge.

They are tasked with using imagery to describe their experience in the haunted house. This unit includes the following that can be printed or shared digitally:

Prompt Overview - Provides students with an outline of expectations for the unit. It also includes "writing challenges" that expand students' skills and encourages them to enhance their writing.

Graphic Organizer - Provides students with a place to organize their thoughts before they begin writing or typing. This graphic organizer also guides them through the story to keep them on topic.

TWO Color Coded Editing Checklists (One printable and one digital) - Students are asked to use either colored pencils (printable) or different font colors (digital) to check their stories for grammatical errors.

For digital editing, have students "Make a Copy" of their writing piece. They can then edit the original and make corrections on the other version.

TWO Peer Editing Checklists (One printable and one digital) - Gives students the opportunity to read another story and provide constructive solutions to enhance the writing piece

Grading Rubric - this can be printed or digitally shared - I often give students a copy of this so they can see the exact expectations for the writing piece.

TWO Imagery Practice Sheets - these can be printed or digtally shared - Students are given an image and asked to brainstorm as many words as possible to describe the picture. Under the image, there is a chart featuring the five senses to encourage them to think about ALL possible words versus just what they see. My kids love doing this, and I find it really gets their creativity flowing!

Product Two: Candy Facts Research

This unit is a great way to get your students motivated to write during the Halloween season without any PREP work! Students will need access to either Docs or Word to type their final copies. Everything else is ready to be uploaded!

Students are tasked with choosing their favorite candies to research. This unit includes the following that can be printed or shared digitally:

 Prewriting Teaching - A Google Doc lists internet research tips to help younger students navigate the internet to find reliable sources.

PowerPoint Presentation / Companion Handout - Provides interactive opportunities for students to practice finding keywords and identifying reliable sources. The PowerPoint can be opened in Google Slides. It also includes a link to an interactive map of the United States to show favorite candies by state. My students LOVE navigating the site. It is a powerful engagement tool that gets them motivated to write and research!

Project Overview / Rough Draft Paper - Provides students with an outline of expectations for the project. It also gives them space to document their research.

TWO Color Coded Editing Checklists (One printable and one digital) - Students are asked to use either colored pencils (printable) or different font colors (digital) to check their stories for grammatical errors.

For digital editing, have students "Make a Copy" of their writing piece. They can then edit the original and make corrections on the other version.

Digital and Printable Halloween Writing Bundle by Lindsay Baxter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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