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Halloween English Teaching Resources
Welcome to my Halloween English Teaching Resources page. Here you will find a variety of reading and creative writing activities and lessons plans to use for the month of October and Halloween.
On this page, you will find English Halloween teaching resources for: reading record sheets, newspaper writing, recipe writing, poetry, and powerpoint presentations.
It is often difficult to get students enthusiastic about writing assignments. I have found that the majority of students enjoy writing spooky and scary stories, so Halloween is a perfect opportunity to focus on creative writing topics and lessons. For final draft writing assignments, when I give my students colored worksheets to write on, I have found that they tend to use their best effort, and they are more careful to not make careless spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
Some of my favorite books to read aloud to my students during October are:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Halloween Reading Sticker Charts
To motivate your students to read during the entire month of October, I have designed reading record charts in the shapes of a bat and a witch. As students read books during the month of October, they write the title of the book on their uniquely shaped Halloween reading record chart. If you want to display their reading record charts on your bulletin board, I have provided a matching 5 page bulletin board banner in each set.
Batty About Reading Sticker Chart Set
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The reading record set "Batty About Reading" contains a 5 page bulletin board display banner, a color bat template, and a black and white template. You can cut out these reading record charts along the thick black lines to have a uniquely bat shaped reading response template.
Witch Books Have Your Read? Sticker Chart Set
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Witch Books Have Your Read? Sticker Chart Set Halloween English Teaching Resources
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The reading record set "Witch Books Have You Read?" contains a 5 page bulletin board display banner, a color witch template, and a black and white template. You can cut out these reading record charts along the thick black lines to have a uniquely witch shaped reading response template.
Haunted Times Newspaper Creative Writing Set
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Haunted Times Newspaper Set Halloween English Teaching Resources
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For the newspaper creative writing set "Haunted Times," students write two newspaper articles. They begin by writing on the first draft worksheets, and then proofread and edit their work before they write on their final draft newspaper templates.
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Witch and Caldron Creative Writing Set Halloween English Teaching Resources
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For this creative writing set "Witch and Cauldron," students write a story inside the witch's cauldron. Students begin by writing their ideas for their story on their story maps, next they write their first drafts. Students proofread and edit their work before they write on their final draft witch templates.
4 color witches and caldrons with the saying:"Happy Halloween Our Spooky Halloween Stories" that can be used as part of your bulletin board display (below)
grading assessment rubric (below)
In the pictures below, you will see examples of these components.
Here is a finished example of this project that was done by Penny's students, she teaches Grade 4 in Nevada. She has displayed her students' finished projects outside her classroom for everyone to see as they walk by outside her classroom.
What's Brewing? Creative Writing Recipe Set
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For the creative writing set "What's Brewing?" you can use this for students to use their imaginations and create a special witch brew or magic potion. You could also use this worksheet for students to write down a favorite recipe, "witch" they could possibly bring in for a class party.
This "What's Brewing?" creative writing set contains a 5 page bulletin board display banner, a color recipe template, and a black and white template. Your students will find this creative writing activity yummy and delicious!
P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Acrostic Poem
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Pumpkin Acrostic Poems: The month of October is a fun time to introduce some poetry writing activities into your language arts lessons.
For this creative writing poetry lesson, students write an acrostic poem with the letters that form the word "P.U.M.P.K.I.N."
Students cut out the pumpkin templates along the thick black border, and then they will have unique pumpkin shaped poetry templates.
These finished pumpkin poems will make a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work during the month of October.
This Halloween themed poetry set includes:
first draft writing worksheet
black and white pumpkin poem template
color pumpkin template
matching 5 page bulletin board display banner
Everything that you need to complete this Halloween poetry assignment is included in this teaching resources set. All that you will need is scissors and coloring pencils.
For creative writing assignments, I believe that it is important for students to go through the steps of the writing process.
For this reason, my students never begin writing their poems on their final draft pumpkin templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their poems on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
Below is an example of the first draft worksheet that is included in this Pumpkin Acrostic Poems teaching resource set.
After students have edited and revised the first drafts of their pumpkin poems, you should give them their final draft pumpkin templates.
The pumpkin templates measures 7 inches in length and 7.5 inches in width.
These pumpkin templates have thick border lines, so it is easy for the students to cut out their pumpkin poem templates themselves.
As I am introducing this poetry assignment to my students, I like to begin by sharing my pumpkin poem with my students.
At the front of the classroom, I display an example of what the final draft pumpkin templates look like. By providing a visual example at the very beginning of this lesson activity, my students know what their poetry assignments will look like when they have completed their final drafts.
For final draft poetry assignments, when I give my students fun templates to write on, I have found that they tend to use their best effort, and they are more careful to not make careless spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
I have included a color pumpkin template for you to use as a visual example to share with your students, so that you don't have to spend time coloring this pumpkin template yourself.
I know that it takes teachers a lot of valuable time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend hours of time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computer.
This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have included a matching 5 page banner for your pumpkin poetry bulletin board display.
If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board displays of these P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Poems.
G.H.O.S.T. Acrostic Poem
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Ghost Acrostic Poems: The month of October is a fun time to introduce some poetry writing activities into your language arts lessons.
For this creative writing poetry lesson, students write an acrostic poem with the letters that form the word "G.H.O.S.T."
Students cut out the ghost templates along the thick black border, and then they will have unique ghost shaped poetry templates.
These finished ghost poems will make a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work during the month of October.
This Halloween themed poetry set includes:
first draft writing worksheet
black and white ghost poem template
color ghost template
matching 5 page bulletin board display banner
Everything that you need to complete this Halloween poetry assignment is included in this teaching resources set. All that you will need is scissors and coloring pencils.
For creative writing assignments, I believe that it is important for students to go through the steps of the writing process.
For this reason, my students never begin writing their poems on their final draft ghost templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their poems on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.
Below is an example of the first draft worksheet that is included in this Ghost Acrostic Poems teaching resource set.
After students have edited and revised the first drafts of their ghost poems, you should give them their final draft ghost templates.
The ghost templates measures 10 inches in length and 6.5 inches in width.
These ghost templates have thick border lines, so it is easy for the students to cut out their ghost poem templates themselves.
As I am introducing this poetry assignment to my students, I like to begin by sharing my ghost poem with my students.
At the front of the classroom, I display an example of what the final draft ghost templates look like. By providing a visual example at the very beginning of this lesson activity, my students know what their poetry assignments will look like when they have completed their final drafts.
For final draft poetry assignments, when I give my students fun templates to write on, I have found that they tend to use their best effort, and they are more careful to not make careless spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
I have included a color ghost template for you to use as a visual example to share with your students, so that you don't have to spend time coloring this ghost template yourself.
I know that it takes teachers a lot of valuable time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend hours of time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computer.
This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have included a matching 5 page banner for your ghost poetry bulletin board display.
If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board displays of these G.H.O.S.T. Poems.
Powerpoint Lessons: Halloween English Teaching Resources
Since it is difficult to describe each of my Halloween English powerpoint presentations in words, I have made a video of each presentation for you to watch. These videos will give you an idea of what each lesson contains, as well as helpful tips for you if you use one of these English powerpoint lessons with your students. I hope that you find these videos helpful, but please be aware that I am an extreme novice at making videos!
Many students find traditional grammar exercises boring and dull. I encourage you to use powerpoint presentations to bring life to these boring exercises. I have designed my power point presentations and lesson plans to be engaging to your students.
The power point presentations on this page are all based on the theme of Halloween. These engaging powerpoint lessons have been designed using two standard fonts: Arial Black and Comic Sans. I chose these fonts because they are the most widely found on most computers, and they will not change the style and format when viewed on your classroom computer. I use graphic animations and powerpoint animations when I am designing my powerpoints, and I try to locate colorful background templates for the presentations that I prepare.
Animated Halloween Homophones Powerpoint
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Below is a video explaining my Halloween Homophones Powerpoint Presentation. There are 15 sets of questions and answers in this Halloween English Teaching Resources powerpoint lesson, as well as a student response card for them to write their answers on.
This lesson activity is set up in the same style as the popular game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Your students will love playing this engaging Halloween activity while they are reviewing homophones!
Animated Halloween Present and Past Tense Verbs Powerpoint
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Below is a video explaining my Halloween Present and Past Tense Verbs Powerpoint Presentation. For this English powerpoint lesson, students have to find the present tense verb in a sentence and then change that verb into the past tense.
There are 25 sets of questions and answers in this Halloween English Teaching Resources powerpoint lesson, as well as a student response worksheet for them to write their answers on.
You can individualize this activity by replacing the names in the sentences with the names of the students in your classroom. Your students will laugh out loud when they see their names included in the Halloween powerpoint lesson. Your students will love reviewing present and past tense verbs with this engaging Halloween activity!
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Welcome to my Halloween English Teaching Resources page. Here you will find a variety of reading and creative writing activities and lessons plans to use for the month of October and Halloween.
