Middle school Halloween unit plans

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Halloween French Activities - Core/Immersion

Created by

Super Simple Sheets

PERFECT FOR CORE FRENCH OR IMMERSION! This product was designed to cover a variety of strands and expectations in the core/immersion French curriculum, while being a fun and engaging unit on Halloween.There are a variety of activities, including reading comprehension and oral communication, and a fun game of LOTTO to play with your class or in small groups. Le vocabulaireD’où vient l’Halloween?Les mots correspondantsLes dialogues (oral communication/drama presentations)Une histoire de l’Hallowee

Subjects:

French, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

3rd - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

The Human Body {Skeletal System}

Created by

My Dear It's Elementary

Keep students engaged with the multiple intelligences. Choose from a wide variety of activities to scaffold your students with these 84 PAGES TO MAKE THE SKELETAL SYSTEM STICK!! ♥♥♥ {Barely containing my excitement here}This {originally mini-unit} has been revised {2016} to a FULL UNIT as part of the human body "Make it! Move it!" bundle. As always, it is created for maximum student engagement using the multiple intelligences. Please have a look at the preview for the table of contents and an o

Subjects:

Anatomy, Halloween, Science

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Centers

Also included in: Human Body Systems Bundle {Intermediate}

Psychotic Short Stories -- Literary Analysis Mini-Unit

Created by

Arik Durfee

This full unit contains a variety of activities for studying "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, and "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl. The unit could be great for Halloween, but you could teach it any time of the year. It contains everything you need to have your students analyze three creepy and haunting short stories from great classic authors, including the following: * A FULL-TEXT version of "The Tell-Tale Heart" as well as... - A four-page vocabula

Subjects:

Halloween, Short Stories, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Also included in: MY FULL STORE! - A bundle of every single product I have

Descriptive Writing Unit | Monster Activities | Halloween Writing

Created by

Catherine and Co

If you are looking to engage your students with fun writing prompts this Elementary Descriptive Writing Unit is exactly what you need! Get your students excited about descriptive writing by introducing this monster activities writing unit. Your students will love that they get to draw their own monster and then complete a descriptive writing activity based on their creation! Students will learn to use descriptive words in their writing with the help of the included Powerpoint and supporting desc

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

, W.6.3

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Unit - 2 Weeks - Washington Irving Short Story, CCSS

Created by

Teach with Mark and Elyse

This is a fun 2 week unit plan for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Whether you need a unit during the Halloween season or you're simply looking to study an early work of classic American literature, this is a fun storyline for students to analyze. Students will: Participate in engaging PowerPoint sessions, read the text (included), engage with the rich vocabulary, collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, make inferences about themes supported with evidence, use a viewing guide as they watch

Subjects:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Activities

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Washington Irving Bundle - 3 Units - Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow, Christmas

Haunted House Expressive Halloween Writing Unit with Rubric

Created by

Carrie Perez NBCT

Looking for an October or Halloween writing project? Haunted House Expressive Writing Unit is a high-interest writing activity for students and teachers! Perfect for October and the Halloween season, it gives students a chance to express their creativity in a way they can relate to their HUGE interest in all things scary (or funny). **Check out my BLOG POST Part 1 and BLOG POST Part 2 to see how I use it in my classroom.** In this unit, you will receive: 5 5-Senses Writing Plan Templates -

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

, W.5.3a

, W.5.3b

...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Unit - 2 Weeks - Robert L. Stevenson

Created by

Teach with Mark and Elyse

This is a fun 2-week unit plan for Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Engage your students through a study of one of the most classic horror stories in literature. Whether you need a unit during the Halloween season or you're simply looking to study this classic Gothic novella, this is a fun storyline for students to analyze. Students will: Participate in engaging PowerPoint sessions, read the text (included), collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, mak

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Literature

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Halloween Literature Units Bundle: Sleepy Hollow, Tell-Tale Heart, Jekyll & Hyde

Harris Burdick | Mystery Writing | Writing Workshop Unit

Created by

Teaching in the East

PERFECT SEASONAL OCTOBER WRITING WORKSHOP UNIT!!!Just in time for halloween....Get your students writing mysteries, learning the structure and elements of the mystery genre, and bringing a piece of writing through the stages of the writing process with this ready to use unit. This complete writing workshop unit follows The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. This unit teaches the features of the mystery genre. Students start with using the photos of Harris Burdic

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

October ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School

Created by

This bundled collection of October and Halloween ELA activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students during this festive time. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of October and Halloween!Included in this ELA Activities Bundle:• October Close Reads for BIG KIDS• Halloween Reader's Theater & Reading Literature T

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.10

, RL.5.1

...

Spooky Story Narrative Writing Unit

Created by

Beach City Plains

Get ready for Halloween by crafting scary stories! This unit is highly engaging and fully-aligned to Common Core Standards for narrative writing in 5th-8th grades. With this 3-week unit, students will:Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturallyOrient the reader by describing the setting and introducing charactersUse description, dialogue, and pacing to develop events and characters' responses to eventsUse transition words to establish sequence and signal changes in settingUse precise words

Subjects:

Halloween, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

W.5.3

, W.5.3a

, W.5.3b

, W.5.3c

, W.5.3d

...

The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat Literature Guide BUNDLE

Created by

Halloween, Literature, Short Stories

This resource bundle features two comprehensive and cohesive literature guides and final compare/contrast essay assignment for use while reading The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. The activity bundle provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short stories and encourage students to think critically about plot structure, literary elements, figurative language, unreliable narrators, perspective, and the superstitions within the stories.

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.1

, RL.8.2

, RL.8.3

, RL.8.4

, RL.8.6

...

Frankenstein Abridged Story with Questions & Activity Mini Unit

Created by

Ms Finchy

This digital resource contains a link to an online pdf of the abridged version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Abridged and adapted by T. Ernesto Bethancourt. Students click on a monster head to read the story in its entirety and then they move throughout the google slides to answer chapter questions and complete activities related to the plot of the story. Included:chapter questions for each chapter of the storyCharacter analysis for the monster and doctor FrankensteinPlot sequencing timeline C

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Teach with Mark and Elyse

CCSS:

RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.6

, RL.8.2

, RL.8.6

...

The Fall of the House of Usher - 5 Day Unit - Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe

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This is a 1-week unit plan for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," one of his most famous Gothic short stories. Whether you need a spooky story during the Halloween season or you're simply teaching through the works of Edgar Allan Poe, this is an engaging story for students to analyze. Students will read the text (included), engage with the vocabulary, collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, learn the literary devices through a PowerPoint presentation and analysis, demons

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Bundle - 3 Units - The Raven, Tell-Tale Heart, House of Usher

Frankenstein Adapted version novel study

Created by

Lara Land

A 16 page easy novel study to the adapted Version of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Adapted by Larry Weinberg. Includes- Chapter questions ( ch. 1-10)-Character matching and traits-Essay writing- Write a letter to Frankenstein-Vocabulary study guide and quiz- Symbolism and theme -Chronological order

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

November ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School

Created by

This bundled collection of November and Thanksgiving ELA activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students during this festive month. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of November and Thanksgiving!Included in this ELA Activities Bundle:• November Close Reads for BIG KIDS• Veteran's Day Reader's Theater & Readin

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Halloween, Literature, Short Stories

The Landlady by Roald Dahl — Short Story Analysis

Created by

Chomping at the Lit

Have your class complete a literary analysis of the eerie short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl.This resource includes:anticipation strategy (PDF)academic vocabulary with graphic organizer (Powerpoint and PDF)background on the author and setting (Powerpoint)literary analysis questions (PDF) two creative writing assignments for after reading (Powerpoint and PDF)answer key (PDF)editable copy of the reading questions (Word Doc)This story is great if your class is studying horror stories or if yo

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 11th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.8.1

, RL.8.2

, RL.8.3

, RL.8.6

, RL.8.9

...

Also included in: Halloween Gothic Short Stories Bundle - Reading Comprehension

Masque of the Red Death Activity Bundle

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This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale of plague and pestilence, The Masque of the Red Death. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the story's themes, characters, vocabulary, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. This activity bundle provides a week'

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

The Language of Educational Art

Mystery Writing Workshop – ELA – Reading, Activities, Guides, & CCSS Rubrics

Created by

How are mystery stories taught? What are the elements of mystery writing? Unpack the "mystery" of creative mystery narrative writing with your students with L-EA's no-prep Mystery Writing Workshop. My scaffolded activities teach the art of mystery writing from appreciation and analysis to planning and publishing!Writing mysteries is great natural practice for learning all of the important elements of narrative structure: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, climax, and conclusion. These

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

Also included in: Creative Writing Workshops BUNDLE – Secondary ELA – 6 Genres w/ CCSS Rubrics

Halloween Writing Bundle: Narrative and Poetry Units

Created by

Cait's Cool School

Students will be engaged as they tackle narrative, descriptive, and poetry writing during this Halloween season. Scary stories will take students through the entire writing process, from brainstorming to drafting to peer editing and writing conferences, finishing with a final published draft. A unit plan is included to help you guide your students through each step. The Design a Monster writing unit includes all you need for your students to practice descriptive writing. Students create their ow

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.5

, RL.5.4

, W.4.3

, W.4.4

, W.4.5

...

The Black Cat Activity Bundle

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This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Edgar Allan Poe's gruesome tale, The Tell-Tale Heart. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the story's themes, characters, vocabulary, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. This activity bundle provides more than a week's worth of material to

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing-Expository

Halloween independent reading Activities Unit Sub Plans crafts Early finishers

Created by

Luna Magic Resource

Halloween theme math & writing icebreaker game BUNDLE activity, November, September, August, Autumn themed writing craft activities, Halloween English language arts morning work reading for an early finisher, Halloween culture food celebrate phonics main idea centers activity NO PREP, Halloween vacation Boo, spooky, spider, pumpkin, witch, candy bag, classroom substitute unit plan, Fall themed brain breaks Classroom Management, ... This game is great for ages: 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: Halloween BUNDLE math puzzle worksheets icebreaker game brain breaks low no prep

The Tell-Tale Heart Activity Bundle

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This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Edgar Allan Poe's gruesome tale, The Tell-Tale Heart. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the story's themes, characters, vocabulary, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. This activity bundle provides more than a week's worth of material to

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Halloween, Health, Physical Education

October Activity Bundle

Created by

Mountain Movers PE

This bundle connects with the free year plans. Octobers Bundle includes 8 30 min volleyball skill lessons, 8 30 min go-to lessons that are crowd favourites, 3 30 min halloween themed lessons. It also includes the free animal ready position cues that is a great support for the Volleyball Skills Unit.These unit plans are designed for Kindergarten to Grade 6 with specific aligned outcomes with the New Alberta Physical Education and Wellness curriculum. However, these lessons are also great to suppo

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types: