As a hands-on extension of E.L.A. learning standard 8L5a, 8th graders created D.I.Y. pun costumes for Halloween! With creativity and thoughtfulness, students played on multiple-meaning words or similar-sounding words and brought a pun to life with attire and accessories. Upbeat, modern designs shined in costumes like Social Butterfly, Miss Universe, and Life of the Party. Homemade shirts took many costumes - like the Queen Bee, Ivy League, Brownie/Brown-E, and Mug Shot - to the next level!



After an anonymous class vote through a Google Forms ballot, Burger King and Candy (W)rapper won best costumes! Congratulations Andrew and Sophia!




But EVERYONE did a phenomenal job crafting! Our "POE-TO"  Booth allowed students to pose for a photo with some punny headstones - like Barry D. Live and Pearl E. Gates! Check out the awesome costume designs below!

Ivy League (left) and Hawaiian Punch (right):



Candy (W)rapper (left) and Queen Bee (right):



Pumpkin Pi (left) and Life of the Party (right):



A Separate Piece (left) and Miss Universe (right):



Fantasy Football (left) and Tough Cookie (right):



Brownie/Brown-E (left) and Burger King (right):



Mug Shot (left) and Bounty Hunter (right):





8th graders also enjoyed some snacks - which were made seasonal through puns! Such an easy, but effective, marketing strategy! Word play on similar-sounding words created the following spooky puns: "Ghoul-Aid" sounds like "Kool-Aid;" "X-Scream" sounds like "extreme;" and "Boo Berry" sounds like "blueberry"!



Througout the day's activities, the pale-blue "vulture eye" of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" kept popping up - maybe even often enough to drive someone mad! There were inflatable eyeballs to decorate the "POE-TO Booth," eyeball glasses, numbered eyeballs for random group assignment, eye gumballs for game prizes, and eyeball sticks for a "The Tell-Tale Heart" literary device relay. 



8th graders also participated in Halloween pun activities, like a Halloween Touch & Feel Game with ORGAN-ICKS Slime in the "Boo-nana Skream Pi" and "Slimeghetti and Muckballs" varieties. Several 8th graders blindly reached into a goopy sludge of rubbery mix-ins that were just creepy enough for them to wonder if they were really touching something awful!




Please see the project's assignment sheet below for the specific requirements and E.L.A. learning standards: