HALLOWEEN: Literary Non-Fiction, Poetry, Myth and more

Halloween is an exciting holiday for many middle-schoolers. Help your students improve their reading comprehension, poetry analysis, and vocabulary skills by using their love of the holiday to engage them with this packet of entertaining literary activities. This product includes three pieces that focus on the Halloween season, along with comprehension, idiom, context clue and other activities

Contents:

Mischief Night: a literary non-fiction piece with the theme “Sometimes you have to stand up to bullies.”

Related Activities:
Context clues to pre-teach vocabulary
Story Analysis, including a character trait organizer
Comprehension questions


Feline Bullied: A light-hearted poem about a kitten and a pumpkin and their “fiery” relationship. The theme is similar to that of Mischief Night, allowing the teacher to use the two as paired readings.

Related Activities:
TP-CASTT analysis sheet
Comprehension questions


The Story of Stingy Jack: an original retelling of the myth behind Jack-O’-Lanterns.

Related Activities:
Comprehension questions

Three additional activities to use in centers, as homework, or extension activities:
Context Clues/Halloween Idioms

Halloween Word Search
Fact/Opinion/Common Assertion

******
Check out these other themed products:

Amelia Earhart's Final Flight: Informational Texts and No-Prep Activities for Women's History Month

Super Bowl: Informational Text and No-Prep Activities

Myths and Superstitions: Informative Text, Reader's Theater, and Writing Activities