High School Halloween Writing Topics
1. Halloween Costume Writing Prompt
Write a story where everyone becomes whatever they are dressed up as for Halloween.
2. Halloween Murder Mystery Writing Prompt
The power goes out at a dinner party with a priest, a convict, an explorer, a widow, a bachelor, a butler, and a soldier. One of them dies. All of them have secrets. Write a murder mystery.
3. Halloween Haunted House Writing Prompt
Write a story that begins with the line "His brother swore the house was haunted."
4. Halloween Research Writing Prompt
Write a well-researched essay about the history and traditions of one of the following: All Hallows' Eve, All Saint's Day or El D�a de Muerto.
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