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Halloween Writing Templates
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Examining Literature Creating Literature Engaging With & Responding to Literature 4 Pages

Halloween Writing Templates

These Halloween-themed writing template worksheets are designed to inspire young students to engage in creative writing. 
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise characteristics of different types of texts, e.g. traditional beginnings and endings of fairy tales and rhyme in poetry.
  • We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
  • We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
  • We are learning to identify features, such as characters and settings, of different literary texts and give reasons for personal preferences.
  • We are learning to retell or adapt familiar stories through performance, reciting rhymes, writing, drawing pictures or using technology.
  • We are learning to respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators.
  • We are learning to share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts.
  • We are learning to identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text.
  • We are learning to describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.
  • We are learning to retell familiar texts through role play, reciting rhymes, drawing pictures or using technology.
  • We are learning to imitate the speech, characteristics or attitudes of familiar characters.
  • We are learning to identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain and give reasons for personal preferences.

Curriculum alignment

AC9EFLE03 9 Recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings AC9E1LE05 9 Orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools AC9E2LE02 9 Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences AC9EFLE02 9 Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters AC9E1LE03 9 Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories ACELT1586 8.4 Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication ACELT1832 8.4 Innovate on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabulary ACELT1584 8.4 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts ACELT1785 8.4 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts, for example beginnings and endings of traditional texts and rhyme in poetry ACELT1578 8.4 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text ACELT1590 8.4 Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences ACELT1783 8.4 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts ACELT1577 8.4 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
EN1-7B old Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-11D old Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences ENe-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts EN1-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts ENe-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure EN1-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
VCELT193 Build on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabulary VCELT241 Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences VCELT192 Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication VCELT208 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELT170 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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