Bring a little Halloween fun to your reading lessons with these Zombies Don't Eat Veggies reading activities! Based on the picture book Zombies Don't Eat Veggies! by Megan and Jorge Lacera, this resource helps students explore character traits, text evidence, character development, and reading comprehension through interactive Google Slides and printable worksheets.

Students will get to know Mo, a zombie who loves vegetables, as they identify his character traits, explain how he changes throughout the story, and support their thinking with evidence from the text. A directed drawing activity adds a creative element to this October reading lesson!

What's Included

• Interactive Google Slides: Students identify character traits, provide text evidence, answer comprehension questions, and complete reading responses.

• Character Traits Activities: Students brainstorm adjectives, identify Mo's internal and external traits, and support their choices with evidence from the story.

• Character Development Worksheet: Students compare how Mo feels at the beginning and end of the story.

• Reading Comprehension Questions: Students respond to questions about Mo, his family, and the story's message.

• Directed Drawing: Step-by-step instructions for drawing Mo the zombie.

Reading Skills Covered

• Identifying character traits

• Using text evidence to support answers

• Comparing characters' feelings throughout a story

• Understanding character development

• Answering reading comprehension questions

• Identifying the lesson or message of a story

Ways to Use This Resource

These Halloween reading comprehension activities work well for whole-group read-aloud lessons, small-group reading instruction, independent responses, and October literacy activities.

Use the interactive Google Slides to guide your lesson or assign them to students. The printable worksheets provide additional options for written responses and comprehension practice.

Add meaningful reading comprehension practice to your October lesson plans with this Zombies Don't Eat Veggies character traits and text evidence resource!