Halloween + Blooket

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Learning goals

You are going to practise your listening skills

You are going to learn information about Halloween.

Lesson planning

Listening activity with questions

Blooket about Halloween

Bonus video

What comes to mind when you think about Halloween!?

Halloween Game!

Let's check if you really know all about Halloween!

When do we celebrate Halloween?

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

Who were the first to celebrate Halloween?

1. The Celts
2. The Americans
3. The Germans
4. The Englishmen

What Celtic festival does Halloween originate from?

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

Where does the name Halloween come from?

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

What did the Celts used to believe during Halloween?

1. You should put a blanket over your head.
2. Spirits would come back to roam the earth.
3. That you should leave food outside for beggars.
4. That you couldn't go outside at night.

Which fruit is used a lot as symbol of Halloween?

1. Orange
2. Apple
3. Pumpkin
4. Potato

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?

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

The people originally used apples to create a Jack O'Lantern.

1. True
2. False

What do people do on Halloween?

1. Trick-or-Leave
2. Tick-or-Sweet
3. Treat-or-Leave
4. Trick-or-Treat

What do people do while trick-or-treating?

How much do all Americans together spend on Halloween?

1. 6 million
2. 6 billion
3. 4 million
4. 4 billion

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Learning goals:
What did you learn about Halloween?

Bonus fun clip!

Jimmy Kimmel, a talk show host in America, does challenges for the viewers of his show. Every year for Halloween he asks parents to tell their children they ate all their Halloween candy. Have fun watching the next clip!