Haunted Houses Article Review

Select a sentence from the article that supports why parents created haunted houses for kids.

• Lisa Morton, the author of "Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween," said that Halloween-themed haunted houses first emerged during the 1930s.

• In 1915, an English fairground debuted one of the first "ghost houses," an early type of horror attraction.

• Those first haunted houses were very basic. Groups of families would decorate their basements and hold parties.

• American parents cooked up ways to distract young tricksters, whose holiday pranks included damaging property and bothering strangers.

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What influenced parents to create haunted houses for children?

• Children damaging property and bothering strangers.

• Children asking their families to do fun activities after school.

• Parents were bored and decided they wanted to have fun scaring their children.

• Parents and children decided to work together to create a fun adventure for middle school kids.

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The theme of the story is ..

• An educated guess based on the background knowledge and textual evidence.

• Evidence directly from the text.

• The main idea of a story.

• The lesson or moral of the story.

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Which statement best describes the relationship between original haunted houses and haunted houses today?

• Original haunted houses were created in the 1930's.

• New and improved haunted houses evolved from original haunted houses.

• Original haunted houses and new haunted houses helped inspire scary movies to be made.

• People agree that original haunted houses are better and new haunted houses will be gone soon.

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Select a sentence from the article which best supports the idea that scary movies created a demand for more haunted houses.

• In the 1970s and 1980s, Hollywood began to put out horror movies like "Halloween," "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and "Friday the 13th."

• Within a few years, the haunted house had spread across the country.

• The popularity of these movies created more demand for scary attractions.

• "It's the start of the haunted attraction industry," Morton says.

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Explicit evidence is..

• The main idea of the story.

• Evidence pulled directly from the text.

• A moral of the story or lesson learned.

• Evidence based on inferences and background knowledge.

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An objective summary...

• Inferences made using background knowledge.

• Is the main idea of a story and does not include any person opinions.

• Evidence pulled directly from the text.

• Is the main idea of a story and includes all of my personal thoughts and opinions.

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Which statement would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article.

• Kirchner doubts that haunted houses will last.

• Teens were killed in haunted houses due to lack of safety regulations.

• Because of the popularity of haunted houses, the industry is now worth millions.

• Marie set up a famous exhibit called "Chamber of Horrors."

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Which statement would NOT be included in the summary of the article?

• The purpose of haunted houses are to scare.

• Pamphlets suggested leaving a black cardboard cut out of a cat at the exit of the haunted houses.

• Disney's Haunted Mansion made haunted houses popular.

• Original haunted houses started by parents designing something to keep kids busy.

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Select the central idea of the introduction.

• Disney makes haunted houses more famous and influences people to make more.

• Parents made their own haunted houses to distract crazy kids.

• The history of haunted houses and what they are designed to do.

• New ways to incorporate virtual fun into haunted houses.

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