Halloween Lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 1

Halloween Lesson

Learning targets:

- Learn where Halloween originated from

- Learn Halloween vocabulary

- Write a Halloween story

Planning

• Reading
• Halloween mind map
• Halloween origins (video)
• Questions about the video
• Writing horror stories

Reading

Have fun!

What comes to mind when you think of...

Halloween

The origins of Halloween

In which country did Halloween start

1. America
2. England
3. Ireland
4. Scotland

How did the Celts ward off (afweren) ghosts? More than one answer is correct

1. by wearing costumes
2. Carving pumpkins
3. Dancing with the ghosts
4. Bonfires

How did Halloween start?

1. To ward off witches
2. To protect themselves from ghosts
3. To scare each other

What is a Jack-O'-Lantern?

1. A rotten pumpkin
2. A pumpkin with a carved out face and a candle

What were the original Jack-O'-Lanterns?
More than one is correct

1. Potatoes
2. Tomatoes
3. Pumpkin
4. Turnip

Jack-o'-Lanterns

Halloween 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. "Shhh,” my mom whispers into my ear. "I heard it too."

What makes a good scary?

Inspiration board:
Halloween monsters

Task: Write your own Halloween short story.

1. Go to: Google Classroom -> Schoolwerk -> Scary Story

2. Write a story of around 50 words

 If you're enthusiastic: write a story of around 100 words. 

3. Hand in your story on Google Classroom

4. Be prepared to share your story with the class (in small groups) next lesson

5. Finished? Do something for yourself