Halloween Lesson

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• Leerjaar 1

Halloween Lesson

- Take a seat

- Put your reading book and laptop

on the table

Planning

• Reading
• Theme: Halloween

Learn:

- The origins of Halloween

- An example of a Halloween legend

- How to write your own Halloween legend

Reading

You know the drill!

What comes to mind when you think of...

Halloween

The origins of Halloween

From which group of people does the holiday come from?

1. The Scots
2. The English
3. The Dutch
4. The Celts

What did they believe was happening on October 31st?

1. The veil between the dead and the living was the thinnest
2. The dead and the living started a war
3. The dead and the living could cross worlds

What did everyone have to do to protect themselves from the evil spirits?

1. They had to hand out candy
2. They had to dress up
3. They had to ask spirits not to play pranks on them

Why did people leave out food and drinks at doorsteps?

1. As an offering to satisfy the evil spirits
2. As an offering to the gods
3. As an offering to the witches

What did the church turn the holiday into?

1. Into a day to worship Jesus
2. Into a day to honor the saints

What were the original
Jack-O'-Lanterns?

1. Vegetable lanterns, like potatoes and turnips
2. Fruit lanterns, like apples and bananas

At the end of the lesson...

You have written your own Halloween story/legend

A Halloween legend...

What makes a good Halloween
story?

One short stories:

One night, as I was in my room, my mom called me from the kitchen down the hall. As I walk down the corridor towards the kitchen, I'm suddenly pulled into the closet and a hand is clasped over my mouth to silence me. "Shhh,” my mom whispers into my ear. I heard it too."

Task: write your own scary story

Je gaat je eigen spookverhaal of legende schrijven. De volgende les ga je deze delen met de klas in groepjes.

Ga naar: Google Classroom -> Schoolwerk -> Scary Story