The Good the Bad and the Spooky - A Reading Response, Writing, and Craft Activities

Looking for an engaging way to explore The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John and Pete Oswald? This print-and-go activity pack brings the story to life with comprehension tasks, vocabulary work, narrative writing prompts, and fun craft options that will keep your students reading, thinking, and creating!

Perfect for Halloween or any time of year, this resource helps young readers connect with the characters, analyse story elements, and stretch their imaginations—all while developing core literacy skills.

What’s Inside:

Pre-Reading Activities

Build anticipation and boost prediction skills with interactive tasks:

• Predict from the front cover
• Predict after the first two pages
• Complete an interactive flap page to record predictions
• Vocabulary Building

Support word knowledge and vocabulary growth with:

• Alphabet Key
• Word Wall templates
• Parts of Speech Sorting Task – great for whole class or small group work

Print-and-Go Comprehension Activities

These ready-to-use pages help students engage with the text in multiple ways:

• Character focus: Words to describe the Bad Seed + “Is, Has, Can” chart
• Story structure:

Beginning, Middle, End (two options)

Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

First, Next, Then, After That, Last/Finally

• Creative extensions:

Design a costume

Plan food and games for a party

Create a themed invitation

• Literacy tasks:

Recount template

Problems and solutions

Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world connections

Author’s purpose graphic organiser

Narrative Writing Section

Encourage creativity and structured writing with narrative rubrics and planners. Choose the format that suits your students’ writing level, then inspire them with themed prompts:

• Write a new adventure for the Bad Seed
• Imagine the Bad Seed in another holiday or spooky situation
• Create a Halloween mishap for the Bad Seed to overcome
• Includes:
• Multiple planning page options
• Printable writing prompt sheet to guide brainstorming

Craft Tasks

Finish your unit with creative flair! Choose from two fun craft activities:

• Design your own Good, Bad, or Spooky Seed character
• Create a pumpkin craft with real or paper pumpkin seeds

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

• Encourages deep comprehension and personal connections to text
• Includes multiple response formats for diverse learners
• Supports writing development with scaffolded planning tools
• Adds excitement with creative and seasonal craft activities
• Aligns with literacy outcomes across lower and middle primary levels

Perfect for Halloween, author studies, or character exploration units.

This resource supports both independent and guided reading sessions and works well in whole-class, small-group, or literacy rotation settings.

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