Halloween

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

🎃 Today's goals:

- You will know more about the history of Halloween

- You have worked on your vocabulary

- You have practised reading/listening skills

- You have practised writing a scary story

What do you know
about Halloween?

Vocab

Samhain

Hallow

Annually

Revive

Ancient

Secular

Commemorate

Purgatory

Customary

Vengeful

Reading/Listening

Go to:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/search/site/halloween

Pick:

- Halloween -> preparation, task 1 & 2

- Halloween scene 1

- Halloween scene 2

What did you learn
about Halloween?

Do you like scary books/films?
Which one is your favourite and why?

Writing

Every story has a beginning, middle and an end.

Beginning: introduce the characters

Middle: describe the problem/conflict

End: Resolve the problem or end with a twist

Useful language: definitely, probably, will, may, might, could

Writing

Setting: where and when does your story take place?

Characters: who is in your story?

Problem: what spooky or mysterious thing happens?

Resolution: how does the story end?

Assignment:  

You are going to write a spooky story.

A: write the first  10 to 15 sentences: 

Start with: "They claim the house was haunted, but it looked okay to me, so...."

B: write the middle of the story: 10 to 15 sentences:   

Start with: " Suddenly...."

C: write the end of the story: 10 to 15 sentences : 

Start with: "It was then that...."

Read your story to each other

Scary Alphabet

Make a Halloween alphabet e.g. A = America, B = bat…..etc
How many letters can you do??