Are you looking for narrative writing ideas to inspire your 4th and 5th grade students?

This Haunted House writing activity will help students plan story elements and write engaging narratives this Halloween! Students will love the roll and write aspect which gives them sentence starters, plot ideas, and adjectives to use in their stories. There are templates to help students plan their story arc and character development.

🤩 Bonus for teachers! Enjoy a pre-filled example to use in modelled writing or give to students as a useful example.

✏️⬇️ 10 pages of story writing activities including:

• Story elements anchor chart

• Roll a story starter

• Roll a setting

• Roll a character

• Roll a problem

• Plot diagram template

• Paragraph planning for character

• Paragraph planning for setting

• Vocabulary list

• Prompts to add additional detail

Students will:
✅ Roll and choose from 6 prompts for their story elements
✅ Be inspired with a story starter
✅ Plan tension using a problem prompt
✅ Create a dynamic character
✅ Design a descriptive setting
✅ Enjoy the hands-on roll-a-die approach to planning a story

Teachers will:
✴️ Have a ready-to-use resource
✴️ Model using the prompts
✴️ Use the plot diagram to model writing
✴️ Provide students with themed writing ideas