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Enjoy some spooky reads this Halloween with your class with our Top 13 Halloween books for the classroom! You'll find books for all grades and interests in this gallery.
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Frankenstein Teacher's Guide

Frankenstein Teacher's Guide

Plan a comprehensive unit on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with the instructional resources in this teacher's guide. This packet includes a synopsis of the novel, a list of main characters, reading activities, discussion topics, essay assignments, project ideas, and more!

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The Curse of the Wendigo Discussion Guide

The Curse of the Wendigo Discussion Guide

This teacher's guide to The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey includes pre- and post-reading activities and discussion questions about the book. Incorporate these resources into a horror fiction unit for Halloween.

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The Graveyard Book Reading Guide

The Graveyard Book Reading Guide

From the author of Coraline comes The Graveyard Book, a novel about a boy being raised in a graveyard by ghosts, ghouls, werewolves, and vampires. This reader's guide includes group discussion questions and extension activities to supplement the book.

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The Widow's Broom Teacher's Guide

The Widow's Broom Teacher's Guide

Capture your students' imagination with these reading and writing activities for Chris Van Allsburg's The Widow's Broom. This guide includes teaching ideas for language arts, discussion questions for reading the book aloud with your class, and lesson planning resources that are perfect for Halloween!

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The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Series Discussion Guide

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Series Discussion Guide

The discussion questions in this guide can be used with any book in the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series: Eight Grade Bites, Ninth Grade Slays, Tenth Grade Bleeds, Eleventh Grade Sucks, and Twelfth Grade Kills. As if junior high and high school are not difficult enough, the main character in these novels is a teenage half-vampire who is being hunted by a vampire killer.

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The Bake Shop Ghost Teacher's Guide

The Bake Shop Ghost Teacher's Guide

Extend students' enjoyment of The Bake Shop Ghost with fun cross-curricular activities for drama, art, music, and more! Use the questions provided in this teacher's guide to encourage class discussion about the book.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

In Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we encounter the mystery and suspense of how friendly Dr. Jekyll is connected to the repulsive Mr. Hyde. This teacher's guide will assist you in your classroom discussion of this fascinating novella.

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Halloween pumpkins

for Secondary Students

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Night Shift

Selected Horror Stories of Stephen King

Use supplemental materials for Stephen King's short stories that are appropriate for classroom use.

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The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn is an award-nominated mystery that takes place in 18th-century Japan. These ideas and activities will assist you in teaching this outstanding book.

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Top 13 Halloween Books for the Classroom

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