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Haunted House for Sale - Creative Writing Activity

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    Updated:  03 Oct 2023

Use persuasive language and description writing to sell a haunted house with this exciting Halloween Haunted House Project!

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    Editable:  Google Slides

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    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

teaching resource

Haunted House for Sale - Creative Writing Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  03 Oct 2023

Use persuasive language and description writing to sell a haunted house with this exciting Halloween Haunted House Project!

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

Use persuasive language and description writing to sell a haunted house with this exciting Halloween Haunted House Project!

Looking for Fun October Writing Prompts?

Turn your students into full-blown real estate tycoons when you have them use their creative writing skills and descriptive language to sell the spookiest house in town! This creative writing resource pack is the perfect way to engage your students and inspire them to build those descriptive and persuasive writing skills this Halloween season.

Haunted House For Sale! Creative Writing for Year 5

In this thrilling writing activity, students will step into the shoes of a real estate agent with a twist – their mission is to sell a haunted house! Through imaginative, persuasive, and descriptive writing, they’ll breathe life (or perhaps “unlife”) into this spooky home, catching the interest of potential buyers with tales of creaky floors, ghostly apparitions, and enchanting descriptions of the macabre environment in and around the house.

This resource download provides your students with planning and writing prompts to guide them through creating a haunted house advertisement. This activity requires students to

  1. Assume the role of a real estate agent and determine the best way to describe the haunted house to make it appealing to customers.
  2. Sketch and draw a picture to show potential buyers the excellent things found outside their haunted house.
  3. Create interior floor plans for their haunted house to show buyers the different rooms and features of the home.
  4. Write descriptive paragraphs about the interior and exterior of the home.
  5. Write persuasively to highlight particular features of the home and encourage buyers to buy the house.
  6. Create a flyer-style advertisement or newspaper ad as a final product demonstrating their creative and persuasive writing skills.

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This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a  Teach Starter Collaborator.


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