Halloween

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-3

Formative Irregular Verbs test

All students: Yes!!! Also CAE people! (you should stay in the classroom today)

REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE TEST SHEET!!!!!!

Goals for today:

* You will know more about the history and tradition of Halloween.

Halloween

SPOOKY CROSSWORD 

DO THIS IN PAIRS

FIRST TWO CORRECT ENTRIES WIN A PRIZE!!

What do you know about Halloween?

Where does Halloween originally come from? 

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. England
4. United States

What does the word Halloween come from?

1. All Hallow's Eve
2. All Hail's Eve
3. All Havens Eve
4. All Holy Eve

What are pumpkins used for at Halloween?

1. As a lantern
2. As food
3. As decoration
4. As a mask

What is not a tradition at Halloween?

1. Trick or treat!
2. Decorating a tree
3. Wearing costumes
4. Carving a pumpkin

Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve. 

What do you think 'Hallow' means?

1. Scary
2. Strange
3. Hollow (= empty)
4. Holy (= sacred/heilig)

The Celts celebrated Halloween with a lot of noise, parades and big bonfires. 

1. True
2. False

What does 'Trick or treat'mean?

1. 'Give me a treat or I will prank you!'
2. 'Give me a treat or I will shoot you!'
3. 'Give me a treat or I will leave!'
4. 'Give me a treat or you are mean!'

When do they celebrate Halloween?

1. October 30
2. October 31
3. November 1
4. November 2

How many Americans dress up (verkleden) during Halloween? 

1. about 100 million
2. about 120 million
3. about 140 million
4. about 150 million

How much money do the Americans spend on Halloween?

1. 6 billion
2. 6 million
3. 600 thousand
4. 60 thousand

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?

1. Jack-O'-Lantern
2. Jill-O'-Lantern
3. John-O'-Lantern
4. Jane-O'-Lantern

Facts

• The Irish brought their traditions to the US in 1840

• Halloween as we know today started in 1921

• Mass production costumes started in the 1950s

Name 4 scary things from the song.