Halloween Writing Activity - Crumpled Pumpkin Collaborative Writing Assignment
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Halloween Writing Activity - Crumpled Pumpkin is a fun and collaborative classroom Halloween writing activity that is designed to ignite creativity in even the most reluctant writers. This collaborative writing exercise promises to have students eagerly reaching for their pencils as they craft their own spooky Halloween narrative story. The Crumpled Pumpkin Halloween writing method not only fosters teamwork but also ensures that this lesson will be one that your students never forget!
How the Crumpled Pumpkin Halloween Writing Activity Works:
- Distribute 30 pre-made worksheets, each featuring a different Halloween-inspired visual story starter, to each student. Instruct them to start writing their own narratives based on these prompts.
- After a predetermined amount of time, instruct the first writer to crumple their story sheet into the shape of a "pumpkin" and throw it to the front of the room.
- Encourage all students to gather at the front and select one of these "pumpkin" stories to continue writing from where the previous writer left off.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 twice more, introducing further creative twists to the narratives.
- Eventually, return the stories to their original authors. Instruct the students to engage in the essential steps of editing, revising, and crafting a final copy of their narratives!
Students always have so much fun with this, and they usually can't believe you are letting them crumple up their stories!
Included in the Crumpled Pumpkin Halloween Writing Activity:
➡️ Crumpled Pumpkin Teacher Instructions: Feel totally confident implementing this Halloween writing activity in your classroom with the included teacher instructions that break down how to facilitate this activity in your classroom!
➡️ Crumpled Pumpkin 30 Student Worksheets (Double-sided printing): Engage your students in writing with these 30 worksheets with space for students to write their narratives. Each one has a unique Halloween-themed visual story starter, ensuring that every student's story is unlike any other!
What Teachers Are Saying About This Halloween Writing Activity:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was one of the most fun writing activities I have done with my class!! The students loved this so much!! I highly recommend doing this with a class! They will love it!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I used this activity in my AIS Writing class, and my students LOVED it! They were highly engaged throughout the activity, and their writing was creative, spooky, and fun. We had a lot of laughs when we read our final stories.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students thoroughly enjoyed reading aloud the collaborative stories afterwards. We even made it a little fun by using a mini basketball hoop for them to shoot their crumbled paper and win some candy if they made it. We had a blast with this resource!
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