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DNIL IOANA IZABELA 29TH XI B Introducin n!" #oc$%u&$r' OCTOBER 2013

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LESSON OB2ECTI3ES4

CO5NITI3E OB2ECTI3ES

To learn about the history of Halloween To learn and extend vocabulary related to Halloween To practice the new vocabulary
A66ECTI3E OB2ECTI3ES

Making students confident in their ability to use the language; To create interest in the topic;

Steps of the lesson: Activity 1 war! up "#!in$ T writes the following words on the board and the Ss guess what the lesson is about:

pumpkin, ghost, witch, October, holiday, costume Ss take the true%false &ui'( T goes over the answers together with the Ss(

Activity ) * reading "1# !in$ Ss are given a text about Halloween( After reading+ T uses the co!prehension &uestions to assess students, understanding(

1( -hen did Halloween originate. )( -hen is it celebrated. /( -hat are the two things children love doing on Halloween. 0( How do children know which houses to go to trick or treat. #( 1oes everyone choose a scary costu!e. 2( 3esides children+ who else en4oys celebrating Halloween. Activity / * vocabulary "# !in$ T writes so!e words on the board and the Ss !ust find their synony!s in the reading text( They write the! on the board to check their answers( festivity, hell, to walk (without a destination), to empty, frightening, threatening, clothes, dark Activity 0* vocabulary in writing "15 !in$ Ss are given a poe! 67ittle Monsters8 and a set of words that they have to fill in the poe!( 9f Ss don:t know the !eaning of a word+ they !ay see the corresponding definition written next to the words( Ss read the poe! out loud to check their answers

Activity # * ho!ework "# !in$ Ss !ust choose one of the three story starters below and write a short Halloween story containing as !uch new vocabulary as possible( 1. It was a dark and stormy night when.... 2. ou won!t believe this story, but it is true... ". #y friends and I like to go trick$or$treating because...

Activity 1

;ui': How Much 1o <ou =now About Halloween.

9ndicate whether the following state!ents are true or false by writing the word in the blank preceding each state!ent( 1$ >>>>>>>>> -hen children ring a doorbell+ they say ?Trick or Treat(? )$ >>>>>>>>> @range and 3lack are considered Halloween colors( /$ >>>>>>>>> @n Halloween+ !ost people carve a pineapple to put on their front doorstep( 0$ >>>>>>>>> Halloween is celebrated on Aove!ber 1st( #$ >>>>>>>>> Halloween costu!es !ust be ho!e!ade( 2$ >>>>>>>>> Most people give out vegetables on Halloween( B$ >>>>>>>>> Most schools are closed on Halloween( C$ >>>>>>>>> A Dack @,7antern is !ade fro! a pu!pkin( E$ >>>>>>>>> The word Halloween co!es fro! All Hallow,s Fve( 15$ >>>>>>>>> Halloween is a religious holiday(

;ui': How Much 1o <ou =now About Halloween.

9ndicate whether the following state!ents are true or false by writing the word in the blank preceding each state!ent( 1$ >>>>>>>>> -hen children ring a doorbell+ they say ?Trick or Treat(? )$ >>>>>>>>> @range and 3lack are considered Halloween colors( /$ >>>>>>>>> @n Halloween+ !ost people carve a pineapple to put on their front doorstep( 0$ >>>>>>>>> Halloween is celebrated on Aove!ber 1st( #$ >>>>>>>>> Halloween costu!es !ust be ho!e!ade( 2$ >>>>>>>>> Most people give out vegetables on Halloween( B$ >>>>>>>>> Most schools are closed on Halloween( C$ >>>>>>>>> A Dack @,7antern is !ade fro! a pu!pkin( E$ >>>>>>>>> The word Halloween co!es fro! All Hallow,s Fve( 15$ >>>>>>>>> Halloween is a religious holiday(

Activity 2

Halloween
Halloween began over 2000 years ago in Ireland, France, and England as a celebration for the Celts to mark the beginning of winter. It was on ctober !"st that the #ord of the $ead wo%ld allow the dead to ret%rn to earth from the netherworld. &he h%mans dressed in skins of animals to 'rotect themselves from these other worldly creat%res. &wo tho%sand years later, Halloween is a favorite holiday among American children. &his sho%ld come as no s%r'rise since it is a holiday that combines two things that children love( dressing %' and eating candy) n Halloween, yo% will hear *&rick+or+treat* everywhere. Children dress in cost%me and head down the streets as soon as it gets dark. ,mall+brained goblins and shar'+witted ghosts wonder aro%nd the streets and demand candy from the neighbors. -ot everyone chooses a scary cost%me. yo% might see a silver+eyed 'rincess, ,%'erman, a movie star or a hi''ie. In gro%'s, these creat%res of the night make their way searching for miniat%re chocolate bars and other sweets. How do they know which ho%ses to go to/ Another rit%al of Halloween is to b%y a '%m'kin, hollow it o%t, and carve a scary face on the front. 0ith a candle in the center, these '%m'kins are transformed into 1ack 2#anterns that are 'laced on front 'orches or in windows. Children know to look for these lights beca%se they know that they will find a willing host to give them candy. ,ome families decorate their ho%ses for Halloween. &hey 'lay scary m%sic, hang s'ider webs, and s%s'end bony+white skeletons from their windows. 3%t with their dancing flame, the 1ack 2#anterns 'rove to be the most frightening and menacing of all. 4%m'kin carving is tr%ly an art. ,ome 'eo'le will create entire families of '%m'kins to greet the gy'sies, witches, and vam'ires who come on Halloween night. &he tradition began with the English and ,cottish immigrants who came to America and bro%ght their tradition of carving o%t beets, 'otatoes and t%rni's %se as lanterns. 0hile some 'eo'le today 'refer to 'aint '%m'kins, 'erha's as a safety 'reca%tion with yo%nger children, carved '%m'kins yield many other benefits. For e5am'le, the fr%it of the '%m'kin can be %sed to make 4%m'kin 4ie, and the seeds can be dried and toasted as a snack. Halloween is a holiday that is en6oyed by 'eo'le of all ages. 7any ad%lts go to cost%me 'arties and balls and rent elaborate o%tfits. 0hile the history is not often disc%ssed, 'eo'le are generally aware that this 'agan holiday signals the beginning of the long, cold winter. 3%t it is easy for children to forget the %'coming months of cold and gloomy weather when they ret%rn home with a bag f%ll of every 'ossible *treat.*

Activity 8

Little Monsters
Choose yo%r 9999999999999999999999 and carve it right, For tonight is the night of fright. A most dangero%s eve is 9999999999999999999999 , $isg%ise yo%rself from dangers %nseen. 3eware) &he witches and 9999999999999999999999 're'are their brews, $eadly mi5t%res and magic stews. &hose witho%t 9999999999999999999999 sho%ld r%n and hide, r, better yet, stay inside, For the darkest night is the night of fools, ,o%ls %n're'ared for bone+eating 9999999999999999999999, :hosts and 9999999999999999999999 who seek to annoy r, 'erha's, even destroy. #isten) Hear the so%nds of la%ghter and little feet, As they threaten yo% with *9999999999999999999999.* :ive them candy, they will go away. #ock yo%r doors and 'ray &hat the 9999999999999999999999 candle stays lit, And the devilish children ;%it. E. 7artin

Halloween Vocabulary
Halloween to carve '%m'kin 1ack+o+ lantern -. a holiday celebrated on cost%mes <. to c%t with a large knife -. a large, orange vegetable associated with Halloween -. Americans traditionally c%t o%t scary faces in '%m'kins and '%t a candle inside. &hese '%m'kins with faces are called *1ack+o+lanterns.* 1ack+o+ lanterns are made to scare away evil s'irits on Halloween. -. scary clothing or disg%ises worn on Halloween n Halloween, children go from ho%se to ho%se and say *trick or treat.* &his 'hrase means give me candy or I will 'lay a trick on yo%. Families %s%ally give the children candy. If the children don2t get candy, they sometimes 'lay mean tricks like breaking the ho%se2s 1ack+o+lantern or '%tting soa' on its windows. -. a 'arty where everyone dresses in scary cost%mes ctober !" in which 'eo'le dress in scary

cost%me *trick or treat*

a cost%me 'arty

&his is a traditional Halloween game. =o% '%t a''les in a barrel of water bobbing for and 'eo'le try to take the floating a''les o%t of the water %sing only their a''les mo%ths. a skeleton a ghost a gho%l a goblin a witch a warlock -. a body of nothing b%t bones -. the s'irit of a dead 'erson which a''ears again -. an evil s'irit which takes bodies from graves and eats them -. an %nkind s'irit which 'lays tricks on 'eo'le -. a woman with magic 'owers >%s%ally evil? -. a man with magic 'owers >%s%ally evil?

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Halloween is one of the most famous __________in the !S!" and it is on ___________#$! People car%e ____________ and make funn& faces on them! These are called '(ack)*)Lanterns!' *n *ctober #$" children wear a special __________such as a witch" +host" ____________clown! The& +o to man& houses and the& ____________on the door sa&in+" 'Trick or Treat,' -t means that if people _____________+i%e them a treat" the& will pla& some kind of trick on the household! So" usuall& people _____________cand& to them! - car%ed m& first Halloween pumpkin at m& Friendship Famil&.s ______________! First" - cut open the top of _______________pumpkin and pulled the seeds ___________! -t was not +ood for me because it was stick& and smelled __________! had ne%er car%ed a pumpkin" ____________it was interestin+ for me! /e0t" __________car%ed the _____________and the mouth! wanted to make a face __________a pirate! 1hen - finished ____________the face" - put a candle inside! -t was ___________beautiful" so - was happ&! - had a +ood e0perience because - _____________one new idea about ____________culture b& takin+ part in it! - think Halloween _______________an interestin+ 2merican holida& which in%ol%es all famil& members and nei+hbours __________,