Halloween Mystery Writing Activity – Are you looking for an engaging and easy-to-use assignment for students to create a fun and spooky Halloween story? This Halloween activity leads students through the entire writing process with a unique and fun brainstorming activity designed to motivate struggling and resistant writers!

This resource includes a unique “Dial-A-Mystery” activity to help students who struggle with “writer’s block” write a creative story. Students can work together or individually to create the ultimate list of ideas to write a spooky mystery story. All templates, planning pages, and rubrics are included to make this a true “print and go” resource!

Download includes:

– Full instructions

– Detailed student assignment sheet

– Student brainstorming sheet

– Short Story Planner (introduction, rising action, climax…)

– “Dial-A-Mystery” template

– Planning Template

– Short story elements brainstorming page

– Peer editing/self-assessment rubric

– Grading rubric

– 3 sheets of Halloween-themed writing paper

Please Note – this resource is NOT-EDITABLE

Covers Common Core Standards for Writing (Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences)

Also part of two big bundles!

Halloween Activity Bundle—Writing, Grammar & Poetry

Holiday Literacy Pack – Halloween, Thanksgiving & Christmas

Here are some of my other Halloween-themed products.

Spooky Grammar Review & Practice

Halloween Writing Prompts and Story Starter Cards

Interview With A Vampire Halloween Writing Activity

Looking for a DIGITAL GOOGLE / MS OneDrive version of this assignment? Check out the link below!

Halloween Mystery Writing – Google Version

(C) Addie Williams