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Halloween ActivitiesHalloween Word Search (ANSWERS on page 6):• Use the word search on page 4 for a challenging activity after completing a lesson or unit.

You could also use it as an extra-credit or enrichment activity.• Time students (or groups of students) for an added challenge.

Halloween Writing Prompts: Choose one or more of the prompts for your students to write for a journal entry or an essay. (See separate handout on page 5.)Argument/Persuasive• Describe the best way for children to celebrate Halloween.• Explain why you think trick-or-treating is (or is not) dangerous.• Persuade your parents to let you have a Halloween party on a school night.• Explain why you think trick-or-treating is (or is not) dangerous.• How would you like to celebrate Halloween differently?Explanatory/Informative• Explain the likely consequences of vandalizing property.• Create a holiday you would like to substitute for Halloween.• Describe in detail an unusual Halloween costume.• Explain why Halloween is celebrated today in the United States.• Explain the ingredients in a witch’s brew (potion). How is it made? Narrative• Describe the best Halloween costume made yourself or that you helped to make.• Describe your scariest childhood Halloween memory.• Describe a memorable Halloween party.• Describe a neighborhood street on Halloween night.

Halloween Activities for the Middle/High School • Costume Contest (categories could be scariest, most creative, best hand/homemade, group

costume, etc.) • Pumpkin Carving Contest (have department challenges or class contests)• Drama: Act out a production of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” or “The Tell-Tale Heart”

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Spooktacular Halloween WordSearch

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Halloween Writing PromptsArgument/Persuasive• Describe the best way for children to celebrate Halloween.• Explain why you think trick-or-treating is (or is not) dangerous.• Persuade your parents to let you have a Halloween party on a school night.• Explain why you think trick-or-treating is (or is not) dangerous.• How would you like to celebrate Halloween differently?

Explanatory/Informative• Explain the likely consequences of vandalizing property.• Create a holiday you would like to substitute for Halloween.• Describe in detail an unusual Halloween costume.• Explain why Halloween is celebrated today in the United States.• Explain the ingredients in a witch’s brew (potion). How is it made?

Narrative• Describe the best Halloween costume made yourself or that you helped to make.• Describe your scariest childhood Halloween memory.• Describe a memorable Halloween party.• Describe a neighborhood street on Halloween night.

Spooktacular Halloween WordSearch

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Witch’s Brew

Solution to Spooktacular WordsearchDIFFERENTIATION: Time students for an extra challenge; first one done (with correct answers)

gets a treat/prize/bragging rights. Have struggling students work as pairs.

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Spooktacular Halloween WordSearch

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