Halloween

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Goals for today:

* You will know more about the history and tradition of Halloween

* You will have learnt more Halloween related words

* You have practised the simple past in written  & spoken English

Which words do you associate with Halloween?

Where does Halloween originally come from? 

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. England
4. United States

Which population (=bevolkingsgroep) started Halloween?

1. The Romans
2. The Greek
3. The Celts
4. The Persians

What does the word Halloween come from?

1. All Hallow's Eve
2. All Hail's Eve
3. All Havens Eve
4. All Holy Eve

What is souling 

1. people would get cake in exchange for prayers
2. People would dress up as dead souls
3. carving a pumpkin
4. another word for trick or treating

How much do Americans spend on costumes and candy

1. 2,5 billion
2. 6 billion
3. 10 billion
4. 2,5 million

Halloween is a Christian celebration.

1. True
2. False

When did people start to celebrate Halloween? 

1. about 100 years ago
2. about 200 years ago
3. about 1000 years ago
4. about 2000 years ago

What is not a current tradition at Halloween?

1. Trick or treat!
2. Decorating a tree
3. Wearing costumes
4. Carving a pumpkin

Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve. 

What do you think 'Hallow' means?

1. Scary
2. Strange
3. Hollow (= empty)
4. Holy (= sacred/heilig)

People used to believe that the dead would come back at Halloween. 

1. True
2. False

The Celts celebrated Halloween with a lot of noise, parades and big bonfires. 

1. Correct
2. False

What does 'Trick or treat'mean?

1. 'Give me a treat or I will prank you!'
2. 'Give me a treat or I will shoot you!'
3. 'Give me a treat or I will leave!'
4. 'Give me a treat or you are mean!'

Assignment:  Write a spooky Halloween story, using the past tense. E.g.: walked / was walking

A: The row next to the door:

write the first  4 to  5 sentences: Start with: "It was..."

B: The middle row:

write the middle of the story in 5 to 6 sentences: Start with:      " Suddenly...."

C: The row next to the window: write the end of the story; 3 to 4 sentences : Start with "It was then that...."

Which part are you going to write?

A - beginning: The row close to the door

B - middle: The middle row

C - end: The row next to the window

In pairs :)

Time: 4 minutes

You have 1 minute to.....

Make an A-B-C group

Read your story to each other

Was it any good?

Next: Find a new group repeat 3 x

What was the best story you heard?

Homework

Pre-Intermediate Unit 1: Learning Vocabulary + Unit 2 Keeping a vocabulary notebook

Make a Personal File:

Read a text and listen to a video (include the link in your file)

1. Which 5 new words have you learned from this?
2. Summarise the text or video in 2 or 3 English sentences.
3. Which new facts have you learned from this?