Monday, October 1, 2018

Create Halloween Rebus Stories with Emojis and Google Docs

In earlier posts I have shared Google Docs templates for creating Emoji Rebus Stories for both Wintertime and Valentine's Day. With Fall coming soon, I have put together a Halloween-themed version.

Anyone who grew up reading Highlights magazine in the dentist waiting room will quickly recognize a rebus. Basically it is a story where some of the words are replaced by images. This can be a fun activity for students, both to create and to read. It may even help with younger students who are not proficient at spelling but can choose the image for the word they want.

See below to get a copy of the template, as well as detailed directions for how to use it.


Get the Template

Click the link below to get a copy of the template:


The template includes directions, and a collection of sample Halloween-themed emojis the student can use in their writing.



Directions for Use

After you get a copy of the template...
  • Write a story that uses text, but also with images in place of key words.
  • For the images, you can use the emojis that are included with Google Docs.
  • You can copy and paste emojis from the sample emoji bank provided at the top of the document.
  • Or you can add any emoji of your choice by clicking "Insert" then "Emoji".
  • From that window you can browse or type in a search term to find the emoji you want to add to your document.


For more projects using emojis in Docs, see my original post on this topic, which can be found here:

Note: Emojis appear differently on different operating systems. Because of this, the images may not look the same on every device. If you are using any modern computer or device (Chromebook, Android, iOS, Mac OS, Windows), the emojis should display well. However if you are using an older version of Windows earlier than Windows 8.1, the emojis do not appear in color and many may be missing.


More Halloween Fun

For more Halloween activities, I also have the following projects:

 







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1 comment:

  1. Thanks so much or sharing. I thought I had seen most Halloween themed activities, but these are new to me. My school is in Anoka, MN the Halloween Capital of the World! We celebrate Halloween in a big way. Thanks for sharing.

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