Spooky Secondary ELA: Writing Resources for the Season 📝

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Teaching in the fall is an exciting time: from haunted house suspense, to sensory details, to arguing about zombies and vampires, writing is rich with content to teach. This bundle of ELA Writing Activities is designed to inspire and support the learning of students in grades 6-12. We've included creative writing, comparative analysis, and a few activities just for fun.

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CREATIVE WRITING / POETRY 🦉

Ode writing activity for Halloween and Spooky Season {SmithTeaches9to12}

Scariest First Lines in Literature: Creative Writing Task Cards {@mochasandmarkbooks}

Creative Writing Halloween Interactive Slides {Simply Ana P.}

Scary Story Generator {@mochasandmarkbooks}

Gothic Fiction: Write the Room {from Amanda Cardenas @mudandinkteaching}

ARGUMENT WRITING 🕸

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" Mock Trial Bundle - Engaging Activity {@writeonwithmissg}vity

Comparative Essay Outlines {SmithTeaches9to12}

“The Cask of Amontillado” Argumentative Paragraph Assignment: Thematic Exploration of True Crime {@mondaysmadeeasy}

WRITTEN RESPONSE 👻

Reading Check-In Fortune Teller {@whimsyandrigor}

Halloween Horror Story Lesson for High School - Lacrimosa & La Llorona Analysis {@yaddysroom}

"The Landlady" and "A Bump in the Night" Lesson Pairing {@yaddysroom}

Billy Gohl True Crime - Mock Trial Unit - High School ELA {@yaddysroom}

Spooky Characterization - Character Analysis Prompts for any text {Simply Ana P.}

NARRATIVE 🎃

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Fall Narrative Writing Activity {from Lauralee Moss @lauralee_moss}

Halloween Candy Sensory Writing Activity {Samantha in Secondary}

Roll a Suspenseful Story Creative Writing Activity {Samantha in Secondary}

Building Suspense Writing Activity {@whimsyandrigor}

Spooky Story Starters {@readingandwritinghaven}

Reel Life Haunted Houses: Spooky Halloween Reading Passages and Creative Writing {@mochasandmarkbooks}

GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES 🕷

October Writing Errors {from Lauralee Moss @lauralee_moss}

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October Writing Errors {@lauralee_moss}

Thanksgiving Idioms Activity {@readingandwritinghaven}