Spooky Pictures
Use creepy photos to help students with descriptive writing. A quick image search on Google will yield some spooky results. Brainstorming descriptive words can be a fun and helpful writing exercise. Here’s an example you can use!
My students have always loved my Halloween Mystery Activity – it’s got everything you’ll need to help your students generate ideas for a spooky story, activities to help them plan their writing, peer editing guidance, grading rubrics and more! Everything is included so you can get started writing today! I have it in a traditional paper version and a Google Drive version! Click the images to check them out!!
Making Meaning with Melissa
I love your ideas for creating a spooky mood on Halloween. Sounds like fun!
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I love all of your ideas for creating a spooky mood. I think my favorite is using a spooky picture to get students writing. This is such a great way to get students to start thinking creatively. I've used this idea before with photos from "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick" to have students create their own short stories.
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Thanks for sharing these ideas, Addie! I haven't done a spooky read aloud in a LONG time…this post inspired me! I'll have to give that a go-around this Halloween 😘👍🏼
Unknown
Students adore reading and writing when there's a "spooky mood" in the classroom! Love all your ideas facilitating this!
OCBeachTeacher
It sounds like so much fun to be in your English class! These are such creative ideas for inspiring creative writing.
The Daring English Teacher
It seems like a lot of us have similar teaching styles. I love using spooky music on Halloween!
Addie Williams
Ha ha… great minds think alike. Wouldn't it be fun to all teach together?!
Clair D.
Great idea for a spooky read-aloud. Can really go along with discussion of mood. Plus, candy!
Laura Torres
I love the newspaper project! Fun stuff.
Secondary Sara
I'm totally jealous of the Halloween shenanigans at your school, and how multisensory your post is. Thanks for the great ideas! 🙂
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Unknown
I am so glad that I found your blog! I love all of your projects and I am definitely using your music idea for 'creating a spooky mood' during writing time.
Thank you!
Happy Halloween!
-Christina B