Literacy Activities for Halloween English Lesson Plans

Spooktacular resources for engaging English lessons

Looking for some wicked inspiration and resources for your Halloween English lesson plans? Welcome to your new regular haunt! This spooky little corner of the Twinkl site is jam-packed full of fun Halloween literacy activities, designed by teachers to professionally support your reading and writing lessons while helping to keep your class spookily engaged. We’ve got everything from magical PowerPoints and dastardly display resources, to colourfully-illustrated literacy worksheets and educational English games - all designed to help capture their imaginations during this fang-tastically fun festival.

Why are these Halloween English lesson resources useful? 

Introducing a seasonal cross-curricular topic like Halloween can really help children become more excited by everyday subjects like English. Whether you are planning to teach them new phonics, ask them to practise their handwriting or inspire them to write a spooky story, we’ve got your Halloween English lesson plans covered. Available to download instantly, and print out whenever you need them, our Halloween English resources are ready when you are (even if that means at the last minute). And there are so many ways you can use our ready-made resources to weave this fright-filled festival into your English lessons and literacy displays.

6 wicked ideas to inspire your Halloween English lesson plans

1. Teach your class how to write the perfect spell using this magical PowerPoint and then ask them to create a recipe for their own magic potion using one of our supporting activity sheets
2. Inspire your pupils to create their own terrifying tale, either independently, in small groups or as a whole-class activity, with this fun spooky story prompt activity
3. Reinforce their recent phonics learning by asking them to play one of our fun Halloween problem-solving mystery games either as a class or in groups
4. Help your pupils to write a descriptive letter or poem about Halloween, and then ask them to copy it out neatly in their best handwriting onto one of our themed writing pages - perfect for creating a class display
5. Set a fun seasonal reading and writing activity that meets the needs of pupils at different reading levels, using one of our differentiated reading comprehension packs (with question and answer sheets included for easy marking)
6. Ask the children to write a Halloween-themed acrostic poem using the letters of a relevant word as the starting point for each line. Our illustrated acrostic writing frames are perfect for this

For more themed lesson planning inspiration covering other areas of the curriculum, including Maths, Science, Art and ICT, take a look at our Halloween Lesson Plan Ideas for KS1 or KS2.

And for more ideas about how to incorporate our themed literacy resources into your Halloween English lesson plans, check out our Twinkl Explainer below.