Spooky Synonyms

Write synonyms on the spider legs.

scary
dark

said

Now use at least three of the synonyms to write a spooky story.

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Write synonyms on the spider legs.

Now use at least three of the synonyms to write a spooky story.

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Teacher’s Guide

1) Choose your own words to write on each spider, or use the

version with the words filled in. You can easily add your own
words by inserting text boxes and dragging them into place.

2) You can provide synonyms for the students, have them use a
thesaurus to find the synonyms, or use thesaurus.com and have
students webquest for synonyms.

Here are some possible synonyms:

Scary Frightening Terrifying Creepy Eerie Chilling Hair-raising Eerie

Dark Stormy Black Gloomy Dim Murky Shadowy Foggy

Said Screamed Shrieked shouted Whispered Cackled Hissed Cried

3) Have students write the synonyms along the legs of each spider

4) Let students choose synonyms to use in their own spookystory