Haunted Vocabulary Reference Sheet
Grade 3 Writing Page 1 of 2
Spooky Story Adjectives
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Make your Halloween story exciting! Swap plain words for these spooky, descriptive adjectives.
Darkness & Sight
What You See
pitch-black zero light anywhere
shadowy full of dark shapes
gloomy dim and sad
flickering blinking light
misty foggy and damp
glowing shining in the dark
dim very little light
moonlit lit by the pale moon
Creepy Sounds
What You Hear
creaky squeaking floorboards
howling loud wind crying
screeching high, sharp scream
rattling clattering bones
rustling crunching dry leaves
scratchy claws on the window
squeaky tiny high pitch noise
thumping heavy footsteps
Cold & Touch
What You Feel
chilly cold, shivering air
slimy wet, gooey, icky
freezing ice-cold chill
clammy cold and sweaty
damp slightly wet
prickly hairs standing on end
sticky thick like spiderwebs
icy sharp cold breeze
Spooky Feelings
The Mood
spooky giving goosebumps
creepy makes you nervous
eerie strange and quiet
terrifying super, super scary
mysterious hard to explain
sneaky quietly creeping
chilling shivers down spine
wicked bad and mischievous
Level Up Your Words: Trade Boring Words for Spooky Words!
Word Ladder
Tired Word: Scary
Level 1: spooky
Level 2: creepy
Super: terrifying
Tired Word: Dark
Level 1: dim
Level 2: gloomy
Super: pitch-black
Tired Word: Old
Level 1: dusty
Level 2: creaky
Super: crumbling
Tired Word: Cold
Level 1: chilly
Level 2: freezing
Super: bone-chilling
Grade 3 Writing Page 2 of 2
Places, Monsters & Sentence Lab
Halloween Story Lab
Haunted Places & Houses
The Setting
dusty covered in gray dust
cobwebbed laced with sticky webs
crumbling walls breaking down
abandoned empty for years
drafty cold wind blowing in
hollow empty inside & echoes
rotten decayed wood or food
ruined wrecked and smashed
Monsters & Creepy Creatures
Characters
bony skinny skeleton look
hairy shaggy werewolf fur
ghostly see-through white
sharp-toothed pointy vampire fangs
gigantic huge towering giant
crawling scuttling like a spider
wicked evil witch grin
glowing-eyed bright yellow stare
Author Trick: Place Word + Sound Word = Spooky Suspense!
Example: "Inside the cobwebbed attic, a creaky noise startled the kids."
1 Fill in the blanks with spooky adjectives from your list:
A wind howled around the cabin as a cat darted into the night.
2 Your Turn: Write a spooky sentence using at least two adjectives from your list:
My 3rd Grade Checklist:
Used a spooky adjective Capital letter at start Period or ! at end