Halloween Descriptive Writing Activity Sell a Haunted House Real Estate Listing
Halloween Descriptive Writing Activity Sell a Haunted House Real Estate Listing: This Halloween descriptive writing activity is a fun and creative way to improve your students' descriptive and persuasive writing with a spooky twist. Students will use imagery and persuasive language to sell a haunted house with a real estate listing. Use the included slideshow presentation to teach students about how to write using descriptive and persuasive writing techniques. After using the graphic organizer to plan out their listing, students will use the eye-catching template to craft a good copy of their haunted house real estate listing!
Although this works great as a Halloween activity, there are no direct references to Halloween, so it works well if your school does not allow Halloween activities and can be used any time of the year!
Included in the Halloween Descriptive Writing Activity - Sell a Haunted House:
➡️ Haunted House House Real Estate Lesson Presentation: Use the included 20-slide PowerPoint presentation to introduce the creative assignment to students. Included are tips for descriptive writing (including using visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory imagery) and persuasive writing (such as using emotive language, conciseness, and a professional tone). There is also information on the purpose of a real estate listing, what’s included in a listing, and why the use of descriptive and persuasive writing is important in this real-world context.
➡️️ Haunted House Descriptive Writing Pre-Writing Graphic Organizer: This two-page pre-writing graphic organizer will help students plan each section of the listing, from brainstorming the main listing details to what to include for each room of the haunted house. The organizer includes prompts to help students stay on track and organized as they prepare to sell a haunted house!
➡️ Haunted House Real Estate Listing Templates: Once students have completed the pre-writing organizer, have them craft their final real estate listings on the provided templates. Multiple template options are included. There is an option where a photo of the haunted house is provided and another where students can draw their own house. There are also two different size options for the templates that you can choose from based on how much you want students to write with spaces for students to draw images of four main rooms within the home.
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