Bring narrative writing to life with this spooky STEM challenge!
In Write It, Build It: Haunted House Zipline, students become both engineers and authors as they design, test, and write about their own haunted house escape. Using the engineering design process, they create a working zipline system—then turn their experience into a creative narrative story complete with setting, characters, and suspense!

With differentiated writing pages, vocabulary cards, word banks, and a ready-to-read teacher script, this resource is low prep and high engagement—perfect for upper elementary classrooms during October.

🧩 What’s Included:

• 🎃 Teacher Script – guides you through every step
  
• ✏️ Differentiated Narrative Writing Templates (guided + open-ended)
  
• 🧠 Vocabulary Cards + Word Banks
  
• 🧩 STEM Challenge Instructions & Planning Sheet
  
• 📊 Data Collection & Reflection Pages
  
• 📚 Graphic Organizers for Story Planning
  
• 🎓 Official Haunted House Engineer Certificate
  
• 💡 Low-Prep Format — print and go!
  

🧠 Students Will:

• Plan and build a haunted house zipline escape
  
• Follow the engineering design process
  
• Write a narrative story inspired by their design
  
• Strengthen vocabulary and descriptive writing
  
• Reflect on what worked and how they improved

Check out my other Write it; Build it items for more fun!