Spooky word lists

These spooky word lists will be an eerie addition to your October classroom.

Writers can use these spooky word lists to help add descriptive language to their writing.

This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from www.freewordwork.com.

Frightful Fun

As Halloween approaches, it’s the perfect time to bring a little frightful fun into the classroom. These spooky-themed word lists will help your writers create their best work.

These lists are designed to help students in grades 4–8 expand their descriptive vocabulary. They can use them for making their stories and sentences creepier than ever.

Below are some ideas on how to incorporate these words into different classroom activities. You will also find a single download with multiple lists.

Using the Spooky Word Lists in Class

Whether you’re working on creative writing, enhancing vocabulary, or sparking lively discussions, these words can help make learning exciting. Here are some activity ideas:

1. Spooky Descriptive Paragraphs: Challenge students to write a spooky paragraph using at least one word from each category. Encourage them to create suspense, describing a setting or character with vivid, eerie details.
2. Scary Story Starters: Use the word list to help students kickstart a scary story. Choose a word from each category as “ingredients,” and have them weave those words into their narratives.
3. Group Brainstorm: Divide students into groups and give each one a category (e.g., nouns, action words). Let them add to the list or come up with their own spooky words before sharing as a class.
4. Spooky Ad-Libs: Challenge your students to write a spooky-themed Ad-Lib activity. They can write them and then trade. Students can fill in the blanks with words from each category, creating eerie stories as a group.

What you will find

This download includes lists for the following categories:

• descriptive words
• action words
• expressions
• nouns
• objects

You can download your free copy by clicking on the pencil below:

As always, these resources have been created for teachers and homeschool families. They may be copied and shared in the classroom. They may not be sold or modified and sold in any manner.