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Reading with a Purpose: Haunted Houses WorksheetReading with a Purpose: Haunted Houses Worksheet
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Reading with a Purpose: Haunted Houses

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Boo! Whether you're easily scared or enjoy a good fright, a reading passage on haunted house attractions is a great addition to a Halloween-themed unit. Learners read a short informational passage before answering multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

haunted houses, halloween, informational texts, reading comprehension, ghosts

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in October to prepare for Halloween in a language arts lesson
  • Have learners write about a time they visited a haunted house for Halloween, or write a fictional short story about a haunted house

Classroom Considerations

  • Passage discusses haunted house attractions, not rumors of actual haunted houses

Pros

  • Includes answer key
  • Helpful for English learners and struggling readers
  • Comes with a word bank with notable vocabulary

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.4 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.4 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.4

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