Halloween Unit – Middle School Paired Reading, Prompts – Print and Digital

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Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to celebrate Halloween in an attractive and engaging manner in your class? Is one of your goals to offer your students meaningful Halloween fun unit with paired reading texts and writing prompts? Would you be interested in using during this month a solid spooky unit the students can relate to with ease?

Think about what a difference it would make if you started using this Halloween unit in your class! It includes:

1. 3 Halloween Bell Ringers with Instructions

• Picture Writing Prompt
• Quick Write from Inspiring Quote
• Journal Entry – Personal Response

2. Halloween Informational Text Reading:

• Article Passage – Halloween: From The Supernatural To Our Anxieties
• Before and After Reading Open Ended Questions
• Define The Words
• Multiple Choice Questions
• 3-2-1 Exit Slip

3. Halloween Poetry Reading:

• Poem Text – Song of the Witches –William Shakespeare
• Poem Annotation & Analysis Template with instructions and suggestions
• One Pager Poetry Response Template – The FAN

4. Halloween Short Story Reading:

• The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe – full text with first impression
• A Bird’s Eye View – One Pager
• Sentence Stems – inferring writing activity
• 5 Words – quick analysis activity
• End It Your Way – writing activity
• Relationship Illustration – graphic and writing activity
• Comic Strip – graphic novel style representation of the short story
• Short Story Bingo Game Choice Board – 25 activities for the short story

5. Halloween Writing Response:

• Argumentative Writing Prompt
• Informative Writing Prompt
• Narrative Writing Prompt

6. Answers and Rubrics:

• MCQ Answers
• Poem Analysis Suggestions
• Argumentative Writing Rubric
• Informative Writing Rubric
• Narrative Writing Rubric
• Bingo Choice Board Rubric

7. Google Slides version for the Halloween lesson plans

The Halloween fun activities are easy to share and require almost no prep so you can use them in any format you want which means saving precious time and offering viable alternatives.

The Halloween paired texts are carefully selected so that they match the reading and writing standards and offer the students a complete Halloween journey through the informational passage, poetry and short story in order to strengthen their reading and writing skills.

The catchy writing prompts and spooky activities which accompany the paired text will help you evaluate the students’ ELA skills without putting any pressure on them so you will have an accurate picture of the skills where they need intervention.

Why don’t you give it a try? Click on the “Add to cart” button and you can use it right away!