Haunted House: Descriptive and Narrative Writing ExercisesEven your most reluctant students will enjoy writing time when you use the fun prompts in "Haunted House: Descriptive and Narrative Writing Exercises." In this book, students become tour guides at a local haunted house as they complete writing flexibility exercises that ask them to help advertise the house, interview ghosts, prepare menus for a monster's feast, write scary stories for the company Halloween party, and much more! Along the way, students practice descriptive and narrative writing in a variety of genres, including prose, poetry, letters, question and answer, proposals, and memoirs. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Vampire Breath Perfume | 15 |
Jumping JackoLanterns | 24 |
A Ghostly Lunch | 31 |
GhostsinTraining | 37 |
Design Haunted Wallpaper | 43 |
Common terms and phrases
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