United StatesHalloween People, Places, and Things
These lists can be used in different ways. They can be duplicated and cut crosswise into strips. These are put into a large sack and drawn out by the students, who then use each slip as the basis for a creative writing assignment.Or you might supply three sacks, one for people, one for places, and one for things. The lists are copied and cut apart into slips for each category. The children draw one of these slips from each sack and write a story based on the three slips drawn, or you can suggest that they trade some of their slips with friends to secure a story outline that especially interests them.
| People | Places | Things |
| Vampire | A Gothic castle in ruins | Mists from the swamps |
| Werewolf | A graveyard | A smell of blood |
| Mummy | The tombs of Egypt | A smell of mold |
| Zombies | The cellar | Vulture and a bodyguard |
| Hunchback | A belfry | Rattling chains |
| Frankenstein | A mad scientist's laboratory | Struck by lightening |
| Abominable Snowman | The Himalayas | A fur-covered body |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | An English doctor's office | Green scaly arms |
| Ghoul | A crypt | A cup of strange green liquid |
| Ogre | A damp, stinking moat | A moldy coffin |
| Minotaur | A desert island | A labyrinth |
| Banshee | The windy plains | A scream that curdles your blood |
| Sorcerer | A castle dungeon | A crystal ball |
| Warlock | Darkest Africa | A cup of blood |
| Witch | A haunted house | A savage black cat |
| Ghost | A dark, windy hillside | A voodoo charm |
| Dracula | A castle in Transylvania | Hovering bats |
Excerpted from The Complete Teacher's Almanack: A Daily Guide to All 12 Months of the Year by Dana Newman
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