Pellii Halloween Pre-Reading A. Warm-Up Questions 1. When is Halloween? RwN B. Vocabulary Preview What is your favorite type of treat? Do you celebrate Halloween in your country? What Halloween costumes will you see this year? Holidays & Events Match up as many words and meanings as you can. Check this exercise again after seeing the words in context on page 2. 1, dress up costume monster ghost wizard witch pirate Trick or treat! 3. 4 5. 6. 2 8 9, 10. pumpkin Jack-o"lantern a) b) QO ¢) e) f 8) hy a Halloween greeting kids use when knocking on doors. a person who studies and experiments with the science of magic to put ona costume a scary, imaginary creature a spiritual, earthy person who uses magic (often female) an outfit that makes you look like a character a thief who steals from ships at sea the spirit of a dead person a carved pumpkin a large, round orange fruit with many seeds Copyright 2018, Red River Press inc. For use by Elli members only, (LOW INT/ VERSION 4.2) 1Pellii Halloween Holidays & Events Reading 1. Halloween is on October 31. Halloween is not a holiday, but it isa fun event in Canada and the United States. On Halloween, people dress up in costumes. Some people wear masks and some wear makeup. They dress up as monsters, famous people, ghosts, wizards, witches, pirates, and other scary or funny creatures. 2. On Halloween evening, children go from house to house in their neighborhoods shouting “Trick or treat!” At each house, people give out many different kinds of candy and treats. In the past, it was also ‘common to give children apples on Halloween. Teens and adults have fun too. Some hand out candy and others go to costume parties. 3. One traditional Halloween custom is to put a jack-o'-lantern in the window. To make a jack-o-lantern, clean out the inside of a pumpkin, cut out a face, and put a candle inside. People often decorate their homes with jack-o-lanterns, black cats, spiders, witches, bats, and ghosts. 4, Have a safe and happy Halloween! Comprehension Practice asking and answering the following questions with your partner. Then write your answers in your notebook 1. When is Halloween? \s Halloween a holiday? What do people dress up as on Halloween? What do children shout when they go from house to house? What do people give out at each house? Where do people put jack-o"lanterns on Halloween? What do people put inside their jack-o" lanterns? ea) How do people decorate their homes on Halloween? Copyright 2018, Red River Press inc. For use by Elli members only. (Low INT / VERSION 4.2) 2Pellii Answer Key LESSON DESCRIPTION: This lesson includes useful vocabulary, a short reading, and 2 ‘ew word puzzles. Students try to write thelr own ghost stories Pre-Reading A. WARM-UP QUESTIONS, Halloween is on October 31. Answers will vary, Answers will vary Answers will vary B. VOCABULARY PREVIEW at an &e 8a 10.) Reading (and/or Listening) Read individually, in small groups, or as a class. You can also play the listening as your students read along, A gap-fillersion of the reading is available on page 6. Help your students with vacabulary ‘and expressions that they are unfamiliar with Halloween Holidays & Events LEVEL: Low int TIME: 15-2 hours TAGS: holidays, Halloween, spirit, ghost, ‘October, fall, scary tradition Comprehension Break the students into pairs and have them practice asking and “answering the comprehension questions. At the end of the oral practice, have students write answers in complete sentences. Review again orally with the whole class. 1. Halloween is on October 31 2. No, Halloween is not holiday. People dress up as monsters, famous people, hosts, witches, pirates, ete. ‘They shout “Trick or treat ‘They give out candy and treats People put jack-olanterns in their windows. People put candles inside their jack-o-lanterns. People often decorate their homes with black cats, spiders, ghosts, etc (continued on the next page... Copyright 2018, Red River Press inc. For use by Elli members only. (LOW INT / VERSION 4.2) ?