Halloween Activities for Middle School

Make Halloween week fun for your middle school students with this standards-based, activity filled, ELA resource. Start each class with an engaging bell ringer then follow that up with a group writing activity around a Halloween-themed prompt. You can have your students create a monster and tell that monster’s story from its point of view. Work in some reading comprehension with an original, light-hearted, Halloween story and corresponding multiple-choice assessment. Then finish things up with a quick trick-or-treat themed grammar review.

These activities are designed to give teachers choices and include activities that last anywhere from 10 minutes to multiple classes. Each activity stands on its own or works as part of the mini-unit. If you teach one grade level or multiple grade levels across many sections, we’ve got you covered!

Included:

• Story Starter activity
• Write-Around activity
• The Secret Life of a Monster Writing Activity
• Reading Comprehension activity (with multiple choice test)
• Grammar activity
• A week of Halloween Bell Ringers
• Story Writing rubric
• Prompt response sheets
• Links to Digital Files
• Answer Keys
  Most of the materials are presented in print as well as in a digital format for maximum flexibility. (Created using Google Slides)

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