Halloween Writing Activity Resource - FREE teaching resource download

October 2021 - Creative Writing Prompt Activity

10/1/2021

Grab this month's (October 2021) free creative writing activity to get your kids writing a scary escape room style story - this prompt is a great theme for Halloween. Make this activity simple by getting your students to write a description of how they feel when trapped inside the spooky castle, or challenge them to write how they helped their friend escape the spooky castle. Keep on reading to download this free writing resource.

This free creative writing activity includes:

A writing prompt with a picture
Story requirement guidelines
Story Challenge suggestions (optional)

File Type
The file is in Microsoft PowerPoint format, which hopefully will suit many digital learning needs. But, if not, you can save the digital 'Prompt Card' from the document as an image onto your desktop and re-use the image in another file type that suits your virtual learning platform.

Download your free October 2021 creative writing resource below:

october_2021_writing_prompt_activity.pptx
File Size:	1103 kb
File Type:	pptx

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Preparation and Assigning

Digital Use: delete the editable lines under the prompt, and then your students can type their story in that textbox section. They can add more slides if they wish to make their story longer! Otherwise, you can also copy and paste the visual prompt with instructions 'image' into another file type or platform that works best for your virtual learning style. --> To save the prompt digital 'card', right-click the image, click 'Save as Picture' from the drop-down menu, then rename the prompt card and save it into your preferred destination folder.

Printable Use: Print the worksheet slides, make copies, and the prompt is ready to go!

Story Guidelines & Challenges
The prompt card includes guidelines and suggestions to help your students with what to include in their story. Make the story challenge optional for extra credit points.

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