No matter the age, these October writing prompts will motivate students to move their pens!
These prompts also improve writing skills, ignite creativity, and encourage critical thinking.
So try a few of these engaging October writing prompts with students, and watch magic happen.
October Writing Prompts
1. Describe what your city or town looks like during the month of October.
2. Compose a poem about the month of October.
3. The answer is “October”. Write 10 questions.
4. Tell how a spider’s home compares to yours. Be specific.
5. Write a fun or spooky Halloween card message for your friends or classmates.
6. Compose a spooky poem about bats.
7. Explain how to make a jack-o-lantern.
8. What are the pros and cons of celebrating Halloween?
9. Draft an article for the school newsletter offering tips on how to prevent fires.
10. Write a story about a group of friends traveling on a haunted ship.
11. Tell about the best Halloween or October-themed party you’ve ever attended.
12. Summarize an October-themed book/movie that you read or saw recently.
13. Share an experience of going trick-or-treating.
14. Design a bumper sticker to advertise October.
15. What are the best things about the month of October?
16. Share some tips for getting lots more candy when going trick-or-treating.
17. Write a grocery list for a witch. Why do you choose these items?
18. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a ghost, goblin, witch, or zombie.
19. Describe what your classroom will probably look like after a Halloween party.
20. Write a series of October-themed math word problems.
21. Explain the act of trick-or-treating to a kid who has never participated in the event.
22. Write a fun story about a contest between two friends where the goal is to be the first to find a needle in a haystack.
23. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a scarecrow.
24. Summarize a good book that you read this month.
25. Compose an acrostic poem using the word October.
26. Devise a strategy for winning first place in the Halloween costume contest.
27. Do you believe in bad luck and superstition? Why or why not?
28. Write about a typical day in the life of Frankenstein.
29. Convince your parents to take you to a pumpkin patch next weekend.
30. Using your five senses, describe candy corn.
31. Write a fun Halloween story.
32. Describe the process of leaves changing colors in the fall.
33. Compare and contrast October and another month.
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