aberrant, abhorrent, abode, abominable, abracadabra, afraid, alarm, alchemy, amulet, annihilation, apparition, appearance
Banshee, bats, beast, behemoth, berserk, bestial, bloodcurdling, bones, books, brutalize
cackle, carvings, cast, cauldron, caves, cemetery, centaur, Cerberus, chimerical, comics, concoct, conjure, costumes, creak, creature, creepy, cringe, crone, crow, crypt, curse
death, decapitated, decomposing, deja vu, demon, devil, devil-fish, disappearance, disembody, disembowel, disgusting, disturbing, djinn, doomed, dragon, dread, dreadnought, dream, dress-up
eerie, empire, entomb, escapade, evil, exhume, exorcist
fantastical, fantasy, fearsome, feasting, feral, ferocious, fiend, folklore, forces, foul, freak, frozen
garb, gargantuan, gasp, ghastly, ghost, giant, gnome, goblin, gods, goose bumps, goose flesh, graveyard, griffin, griffon, grisly, grotesque, growling, gruesome, gryphon
hackles, hair raising, hallucinate, haunt, headless, heinous, hell-bent, hideous, horrible, horror, hover, huge, humongous, hysteria
imagination, infestation, influence, invisible
jabber, jeer, jinx
karma, keen, kettle, kingdom, Kraken
lantern, legend, legerdemain, leviathan, Loch Ness monster, lore, lunacy, lunar, lycanthrope
macabre, maggots, magic, malevolence, maniac, manifestation, maraud, masked, materialize, medieval, medium, Medusa, miasma, mischievous, moan, moldy, monster, monstrous, moon, mummy, mutilate, mysterious, mystical, myth, mythical
necromancer, necromancy, nemesis, nightmares nonsense, novels
obliterate, obscure, occult, ogre, owl
paralysis, petrify, phantasm, phantom, phenomenon, poisonous, poltergeists, possessed, potent, power, premonition, prey, prowl
quail, quake, quest, quiver
raconteur, rasping, rattle, realm, repel, repugnant, revenge. revolting, ritual, rule, rune
sage, Sasquatch, scare, scared, scream, screeching, scroll, sea monster, shiver, shrew, shrieking, sibyl, sinister, skeleton, skitter, skull, slayer, somber, sorcerer, sorcery, specter, spell, spider, spirit, spirits, spook, spooked, stalk, story, stupendous, supernatural, superstition, swarm
talisman, tarantula, terror, Titan, toad, torch, traits, transform, transformation, tremors, trickery, tricks, troll
ugly, unbelievable, unleash, unmask, unusual
vampire, vanish, venomous, vicious, villains, visionary, vixen
wail, wand, ward off, warlock, warnings, watchful, weird, werewolf, whine, whisk, whispering, wicked, wild, willies, wince, wizard
yelling, yelp, Yeti, yowl
zap!, zealous, zigzag, zombie, zounds!
Suggested Monsters and Creatures lesson plans and activities from myvocabulary.objectsdev.com
1. Have students/friends draw or find pictures of items suggestive of creatures/monsters:
2. Make, buy or cook some food that would be “unusual:”
3. Name groups of things that are scary:
4. Create a list of safety procedures to avoid creatures/monsters:
5. Find/bring into class something a monster might own, wear etc.”
6. Discover as many vocabulary words as possible that include the letters in the words creature and or monster. Write a story or poem using the first letter of the word!
7. Carve/decorate masks and have a contest with “prizes:”
8. Make-up or find a scary story you can share using books, newspaper or something you’ve heard:
9. Have a contest to name items to be put in a brew, pot:
10. Make a list of ways a creature could move or “travel:”
11. As a group, decide what kinds of people could get along with monsters/creatures (someone in the news, a cartoon figure, a comic character or someone you know!)
More Monsters and Creatures Lesson Plans and discussion questions
1. Do you know the legend of Jack ‘O Lantern, an Irish folktale? Explain
2. Mary Shelley wrote a book in 1818 about a famous monster. Can you name this creature? What do you know about the story?
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