Halloween and October Writing Prompts: Are you looking for a creative list of writing prompts and
journal ideas to use during the month of October?
Below, you will find a list of general October writing topics and a list of
specific calendar dates for October which contain creative writing ideas related to
that particular date in October.
I have created this list of Halloween and October writing prompts and ideas for
elementary school teachers and students, but many of these creative
writing ideas and topics would also be appropriate for other grade levels.
You will find some Halloween and October writing prompts below that contain underlined
links. If you click on an underlined link:
Inside the Haunted House
Ghostly Tales
One Spooky Night 
Meet My New Friend: Frankenstein
In the Pumpkin Patch
What's Brewing? Write a Recipe for Witch's Brew.
"Witch" Story Do You Like Best?
Tales From the Graveyard
The purpose of National Book Month is to encourage readers of all ages to enjoy books.
To coincide with National Book Month, the National Book Foundation
announces its National Book Awards during the month of October.
Above: Go to Favorite Book Report Project: Trophy Templates
National Pizza Month is in October and we began celebrating National Pizza Month in 1987.
Since children ages 3 - 11 prefer eating pizza over all other foods for lunch and dinner
(according to a recent Gallup Poll),
this is a great topic to use to engage your students in fun creative writing activities.
Below you will also find some unique pizza lesson plan ideas that include
reading and math activities as well.
In 1984, the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) designated October Crime Prevention Month.
The NCPC's mission is to be the nation's leader in helping people keep themselves,
their families, and their communities safe from crime.
Above: Go to Wanted Poster Book Report Project
National Fire Prevention Week is observed in the United States during the week in which October 9th falls.
The first Fire Prevention Week was observed in 1925 by a proclamation made by President Calvin Coolidge.
National School Lunch Week is celebrated in the United States in October.
It was created in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy,
16 years after President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act into law.
Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October in the United States.
This holiday commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492.
National Dessert Day is celebrated on October 14 and it is one of the
tastiest holidays of the year!
Above: Go to Birthday Cake Book Report Project
World Food Day is recognized on October 16. This day was created
to call attention to the shortage of food in many parts of the world.
World Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and marks the date of the founding of the FAO in 1945.
The purpose of this worldwide event is to increase public awareness of the world food
problem and the struggle against hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.
Dictionary Day is celebrated on October 16 in honor of Noah Webster.
The objective of this day is to emphasize the importance of dictionary skills and to improve your vocabulary.
Webster was born on October 16, 1758 and he is considered to be the "Father of the American Dictionary."
Noah Webster began to write his dictionary at the age of 43 and it took him 27 years to finish it.
United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24 and it recognizes the United Nations
organization and all of the people who participate and serve in this world organization.
People around the world look to the United Nations to help alleviate poverty and hunger,
to keep the peace, to expand education, and stand up for human rights in every corner of the globe.
The United Nations delivers humanitarian aid to the neediest areas in the world.
They vaccinate 40 per cent of the world's children.
They feed more than 100 million people and help millions of refugees,
most of them women and children fleeing war and persecution.
Click here to go to my web page that contains ideas and teaching resources for this book: The Way to Start a Day lesson plans.
Above: The large October calendar title is a
2 page banner template that is glued together and cut out.
This printable calendar set for October includes smaller calendar pieces for the 7 days of the week that will fit inside your calendar pocket chart.
There are 31 square calendar number dates in this teaching resources set.
There are squares for you to print and write your students' names and birthdays on.
There are 11 printable calendar worksheets in this
October teaching resources classroom display set.
For this Halloween English teaching resources set, students write two newspaper articles. There are two templates that are glued together to form a large Haunted Times Newspaper.
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Haunted Times Newspaper Set
For this Halloween English teaching resources set, students write a story inside the witch's cauldron. Your students will enjoy writing their final drafts in these unique witch shaped templates.
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Witch and Cauldron Templates
For these Halloween worksheets, students can create a recipe for a special witch's brew or they can write the ingredients for their favorite recipe.
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What's Brewing Witch's Recipe
Your students will enjoy writing a spooky story about a haunted house during October with these Halloween language arts worksheets.
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Halloween Haunted House Worksheets
Your students will enjoy this spooky creative writing assignment. Students write ghostly tales using these Halloween language arts worksheets.
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Halloween Ghostly Tales
For this October assignment, students can write a short story or a poem about the topic "One Spooky Night" using these Halloween printable worksheets.
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One Spooky Night...
Students can cut out these Halloween language arts worksheets along the thick border and then they will have fun pumpkin shaped templates to write on.
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Pumpkin Patch Worksheets
"Frankly We Think Our Work Is Great!" is a shorter Halloween writing assignment, so it would be ideal to use for a spooky Halloween poetry writing activity.
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Frankenstein Halloween Worksheets
"Witch Story Do You Like Best?" is a Halloween language arts worksheet that focuses on reading and students write an essay about their favorite books.
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Witch Story Do You Like Best?
Your students will enjoy writing a spooky story about Halloween Characters during October with these Halloween printable worksheets.
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Spooky Character Stories
These printable worksheets for the month of October contain pumpkin graphics and would appropriate for a wide range of creative writing topics.
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October Creative Writing Worksheet
For this creative writing assignment, students write spooky stories set in a graveyard with these Halloween language arts worksheets.
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Spooky Graveyard Stories
Students write an acrostic poem with the letters that form the word P.U.M.P.K.I.N. They cut the templates along the thick black border, and then they have unique pumpkin shaped poetry templates.
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Pumpkin Acrostic Poems
October is a fun time to include some poetry writing activities into your language arts lessons. For this activity, students write an acrostic poem with the letters that form the word G.H.O.S.T.
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Ghost Acrostic Poems
Your students will enjoy playing this engaging Halloween Who Wants To Be A Millionaire game while they are reviewing homophones. (Ex: witch/which, right/right, hole/whole, would/wood, there/their)
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Halloween Homophones Powerpoint
Students find present tense verbs and change them into past tense verbs. You can individualize this activity by replacing the names in the sentences, with the names of your own students.
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Halloween Present/Past Tense Verbs
Your students will love solving addition and subtraction word problems with this fun Halloween activity! Each word problem is presented using large and colorful animated (moving) graphics.
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Halloween Math Word Problems
Students have to solve addition and subtraction equations, using an engaging Halloween puzzle style format. There are 5 puzzles in this set and a student answer worksheet.
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Halloween Pumpkin Math Squares
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