Haunted House



For this week you will be writing a descriptive paragraph on Halloween. It will be due on Friday. Halloween makes us think of frightening entities and haunted houses. Brainstorm a list of things you would hear, see, touch and smell in a haunted house Then use the following topic sentence to start your paragraph:

Accepting the dare to enter the haunted house on halloween night was not the wisest choice I had ever made, but I took a deep breath and pushed open the massive old doorŠ.

Carefully describe what the interior of the house was like, your reactions to it and what might happen next.

Checklist:

  1. 10-15 sentences
  2. topic sentence/summary sentence
  3. notes taken [back of this sheet]
  4. finished final copy[ typed]
  5. Signature of an adult, on this sheet, who helped you proofread your work.
  6. Both pages [this page on top and final copy]

submitted by a Canadian high school teacher

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