Halloween

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• Leerjaar 1

Halloween & chapter 2 vocab

27-10-2021, 1 vwo

What do you know about Halloween?

Where does Halloween come from?

1. Ireland
2. USA
3. China
4. Germany

Origins of Halloween

• Ireland 
• October 31, All Hallows Eve
• Celtic harvest festival – end of the harvest season
• Remembering the dead
• Telling scary stories, playing pranks

Nowadays

Halloween is celebrated in many English speaking countries: the UK, USA, Canada, but also in Latin-America and the Netherlands

 

Kids go trick-or-treating

Who has ever gone trick-or-treating?

YES, many times

Yes, but only once

NO, I have never gone

People

dress up as scary creatures

and go out

to Halloween parties

In the USA,

people decorate their houses

Would you go to a Halloween party?

Yes, I would love to!

No, I don't like to dress up

No, I think it is stupid

Maybe, if my friends are going

Vocab Chapter 2

• What? Do the 3 exercises on the sheet
• How? Ex. 1 and 2 by yourself, then check your answers with your neighbour. Ex. 3 you do together
• Help? Ask your neighbour first, then ask me or Ms Camacho
• Time? 15 minutes
• Finished? Raise your hand and get a Halloween word puzzle

Exercise 3

• What? Write down the 10 most difficult words from chapter 2 (see pages 122-123) 
• Then? Give your list to your neigbour
• And then? Take turns in describing the words so each of you can guess what it is
• Finished? Raise your hand and get a Halloween word puzzle
  

ANSWERS to exercise 1

1. scary

2. crazy about - awesome

3. enthusiasm - horrible

4. participate

5. definitely - worthwhile

6. narrow - event - accesible

7.  hang out

8. morning

ANSWERS to exercise 2

accessible = bereikbaar 

awesome = geweldig 

horrible =  verschrikkelijk

definitely  = zeker 

narrow = nauw

morning = ochtend

enthusiasm = enthousiasme be crazy about = gek zijn op

worthwhile = de moeite waard

participate = meedoen

hang out = omgaan met

scary = eng

event = gebeurtenis 

I know most of the vocabulary of chapter 2

Yes, I know almost all the words

Not everything, but I am getting there

No, I still have to study hard