Halloween

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 1

What do you know
about Halloween?

00:43

In which country did Halloween start?

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

01:11

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

1. by wearing costumes
2. Carving pumkins (uitsnijden van pompoenen)
3. Dancing with the gohsts
4. Bonfire

01:32

How did Halloween start?

1. They liked to dress up as something scary
2. To protect themselves from ghosts
3. They were protecting themselves from other people
4. They liked to scare each other

01:39

What is a Jack o'lantern?

1. paint on a pumpkin
2. a pumpkin carved out with faces

02:09

Who were the first Jack o'lanterns?
More than one answer is correct.

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

Which monster drinks blood and is afraid of garlic?

1. Witch
2. Mummy
3. Vampire
4. Pirate

In the United States a lot of children go...

1. Cake or sweeting
2. Trick or treating

I have a black cat, I fly on a broomstick and I like magic. Who am I?

1. Spider
2. Witch
3. Mummy
4. Ghost (spook, geest)

I am black, creepy, most people don't like me. What am I?

1. Spider
2. Cat
3. Skeleton
4. Bat (vleermuis)

I am orange, people carve (uitsnijden) me out with a knife and I have a candle in me. What am I?

1. Jack o'lantern
2. Witch
3. Spider
4. Mummy

Reading

• Reading together
• 10 min

Questions

• When is Halloween celebrated?

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• What is put in a bowl full of water?

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• What costumes do children usually wear on Halloween?

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• Why do people put a candle inside Jack-o-lantern?

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Questions

• What do children say when they call at people’s door?

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• Why did people wear masks when they left houses in the past?

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• Is Halloween celebrated in your country?

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Write down 3 new words you learned today.