Halloween

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

Halloween

Goals for today:

* Learning more about the history and tradition of Halloween

* Practicing writing a scary story and focussing on word order

What do you know about Halloween?

When do we celebrate Halloween?

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

Which population started Halloween?

1. The Romans
2. The Greek
3. The Celts
4. The Persians

Where does Halloween originally come from? 

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

What Celtic festival does Halloween originate from?

1. All Hallows Eve
2. Samhain
3. Harvest time
4. Hallowmas

Halloween is a Christian celebration.

1. True
2. False

Where does the word Halloween come from?

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

Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve. 

What do you think 'Hallow' means?

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

People used to believe that the dead would come back at Halloween. 

1. True
2. False

How many Americans dress up during Halloween? 

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

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

Assignment:  You are going to write part of a spooky Halloween story

A: write the first 5 sentences: Start with: "It was..."

B: write the middle of the story; 5 sentences: Start with: " Suddenly...."

C: write the end of the story; 5 sentences : Start with "It was then that...."

Which part are you going to write?

A - beginning

B - middle

C - end    

       

On your own :)

Time: 5 minutes

Read your story to each other

What do you take away from this lesson? Name (at least) 2 things: