Parties. Halloween Party (Friends series, season 8, episode 6)

Friends_season 8_episode 6

Halloween Party

Grammar point: use of present tenses for future actions

Warming-up:

Who likes parties?

When was the last time you were to a party. Share your impressions / memories

Halloween is coming up some people are getting ready for a Halloween party(HP).

What Halloween traditions do you know?

Pre-watching-1:

As you know Halloween is popular among American people.

Today we will learn more about Halloween parties and traditions together with characters of TV series FRIENDS.

While-watching – watch a very short extract (36 seconds) and get ready to answer:

• What is going to happen?
• What does Joy say about Halloween?

Extract 1: 00.00-00.36:

After –watching:

Expected answer:

• a HP is planned
• Joy said: “Halloween is so stupid – dressing up and pretending to be someone you are not”.

Have you ever been to a theme party?

Do you agree with Joy? What is dressing up for a theme party really about?

Grammar point:

Watch extract 1 again. Notice/write down sentences that refer to future actions

Expected answers:

• Come on, it’ll be fun
• I’ll be there
• Please, tell me you are not gonna dress up (=going to dress up) like dinosaur
• I’ll come to the party but I am not dressing up

Grammar discussion