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Origins and Traditions of Halloween

Objectives:

• to develop students’ skills of working with the new information;

• to expend speaking skills on the topic;

• to provide students with additional information about traditions of Halloween;

• to develop students’ creative thinking;

• to develop imagination, memory, attention;

• to educate students to respect the foreign traditions.

Aids: a computer, a projector, power point presentation, video, cards

PROCEDURE

I. INTRODUCTION

1. Greeting

T: Good afternoon, dear students! How are you? I hope everybody is fine. So let’s start our lesson.

2. Introducing the topic

Today we shall talk about, Halloween. This is very interesting and spooky holidays. You will get to know many facts about its origin and traditions.

II. WARMING UP

Task 1. The Riddles about Halloween.

Task 1 is to guess the name of Halloween creatures with the help of the explanations on the slides.

1. I am a pumpkin, big and round. Once upon the time I grew on the ground. Now I have mouth, 2 eyes, a nose. What there for, do you suppose? When I have a candle inside than what am I? (Jack-O-Lantern )

2. I make strange noises in the night, giving you quite a fright. Who am I, you have to guess? I’m something spooky, nothing less. (ghost)

3. I wear a pointy hat and ride a broom, in the darkness, I find my room. My cackle is known far and wide, in my cauldron, secrets I hide. (witch)

4. In the night, I come alive, but in daylight, I must hide. I have fangs but never chew, I drink a blood, it’s true. (vampire)

5. With bandages wrapped around my frame, I’m a relic of history, a mummified name. Who am I, from Egypt’s past? A figure of mystery, made to last. (mummy)

6. I’m in your body, though not for long. When I’m outside, it’s a little wrong. A bony framework, hidden beneath your skin, with joints and sockets that let you spin. (skeleton)

III. MAIN PART.

Task 2. The Dialogues about Halloween.

Task 2 is to read and translate the dialogues in pairs.

Dialogue 1

Patrick: Halloween is nearly here. Amanda, do you like this holiday?

Amanda: I love it. It’s so much fun to decorate the house, to go trick-or-treating. And you?

Patrick: I like celebrating Halloween with my family and friends, but I think that this holiday is a little spooky.

Amanda: Oh, come on. It’s only a funny holiday.

Patrick: Yes, but do you know its origin and meaning?

Amanda: Not, really. For me it’s just a funny holiday on the 31^st of October, when we dress up in costumes and masks then go trick-or-treating. What else should I know?

Patrick: Well, it is one of the oldest holidays of pagan origin, which falls on the last day of the Celtic calendar. This holiday was thought to honour the dead. Can you imagine that?

Amanda: How scary! I thought the day was celebrated to welcome the saints. I’ve decided to dress up into an imp. How about you?

Patrick: I’ll be a pirate this Halloween. I have a special Jack Sparrow costume for this occasion.

Dialogue 2

Peter: Halloween is in just a couple of days. Does anybody have a costume?

Ann: Do you want to dress up and go trick-or-treating? Isn’t that only for kids?

Peter: Halloween isn’t just for kids. There are a lot of events happening on campus.

Ann: Like what?

Peter: The environmental club is putting together a haunted house.

Ann: Are you going to be part of it?

Peter: Yeah, but I can’t tell you what I’ll be doing. It has to be a surprise. Otherwise, it won’t be as scary. You should come to the haunted house on Saturday night.

Ann: Okay, we should all dress up and go to the haunted house.

Dialogue 3

Tom: Hi. Today we are having a Halloween party. Will you come?
Kate: Yes, of course, I have already prepared a suit of the most terrible witch.
Tom: Oh, my God. It would be scary!
Kate: And what are you wearing?
Tom: I wasn't going to wear a special suit, but now, probably, I have to wear something interesting too.
Kate: Yes, think. You have enough time.

Tom: Also, there’s going to be food and games, like apple bobbing, in the party today.
Kate: It’s great! Well, see you.
Tom: See you soon.

Task 3. Listening. Video “13 interesting facts about Halloween”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeMrL728IJ8

You will watch the video “13 interesting facts about Halloween”. Listen to please attentively because you should make next task. It is to read the following statements and decide if they are true or false.

1. The Celts celebrated Samhain on the night of October 31 to November 1, marking the end of summer and the beginning of winter. (true)

2. On Halloween, the border between the worlds of the living and the dead remains intact. (false) disappear

3. Traditional scary costumes and masks have been used in Halloween celebrations for over 1,000 years. (false) 2,000

4. Orange and black are the traditional colors of Halloween. (true)

5. The tradition of carving pumpkins into lanterns is based on a story about a man named Jack and the Devil. (true)

6. Black bats flying against the full moon, spiders, black cats, witches, and owls are iconic Halloween symbols. (true)

7. Halloween is a public holiday in the USA. (false) not public

8. The largest Village Halloween Parade is held in Los Angeles, California. (false) in New York

Task 4. The Questions. Video “13 interesting facts about Halloween”.

Task 6 is to answer the questions based on the previous video about Halloween.

1. Which ancient culture is associated with Halloween beginnings? (Celtic culture)

2. What was the name of old festival? What does it mean? (the festival called Samhain which translated from Old Irish and means “the end of summer”)

3. What did people think happened during the night of October 31?( the border between the worlds of the living people and the dead disappears)

4. Why did people dress up in scary costumes and masks during Halloween celebrations? (In order not to become the victims of the dead)

5. Which colors are traditionally associated with Halloween? (Orange and black)

6. What do these colours symbolize? (Orange has its origins in autumn harvest festivals and orange is the colour of mature pumpkin and fallen leaves. Black is the colour of the night, mysticism and evil spirits that hide in the nightfall)

7. What other colors of Halloween do you remember? (also purple, red, green and moon-white)

8. What do they symbolize? (Purple is the colour of witchcraft and mysticism. Red is the colour of blood, and green is the colour of zombies and an evil witch. Moon-white colour is associated with ghosts, skeletons and skulls.)

9. What is Jack-O-Lanterns? (lantern is traditionally cut from a pumpkin and resembles a head with scary or funny face with candle inside)

10. What does the phrase "Trick-or-treat" mean? (It means “give me a treat, otherwise I will do something nasty to you or your house”.)

11. How is it practiced by children on Halloween night? (thousands of children in costumes of skeletons, mummies, ghosts run from house to house, ring the doorbell and shout: “Trick-or-treat!”)

12. What are some of the iconic symbols and characters associated with Halloween? (black bats flying against the background of the full moon, spiders, black cats, witches and owls.)

13. How do people decorate their houses on Halloween? ( nets, black cats, witches, devils, as well as pumpkin lamps)

14. What are some of the favorite costumes for children and adults on Halloween? (Favourite costumes of children are the costumes of princesses and superheroes: Spiderman, Batmen. Adults prefer the costumes of witches, vampires and zombies)

Task 5. Crossword “Halloween”

How much do you know about Halloween? Task 5 is to complete this crossword.

Across
1. A woman who is believed to have magical powers. (witch)

5. Something which is caused by forces that cannot be explained by science. (supernatural)

6. A large, round vegetable with hard, yellow or orange flesh. (pumpkin)

9. A large, round container for cooking in, usually supported over a fire, and used especially in the past. (cauldron)

10. A large fire that is made outside to burn unwanted things. (bonfire)

Down
2. The night of 31st October when children dress in special clothes. (Halloween)

3. The frame of bones supporting a human or animal body. (skeleton)

4. A small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night. (bat)

7. A light made from a hollow pumpkin is called jack-o'-...... (lantern)

8. Trick or ....... (treat)

Task 6. Game “Hidden words of Halloween”

Can you find all the hidden words in this word search? Words can go in the following directions.

IV. SUMMING UP

I hope this lesson was interesting for you. There were many tasks about Halloween. What was the most interesting for you?

1. Assessment

T: Students, today you worked really hard and deserve good marks.

2. Homework

T: Your homework is to find interesting facts about Halloween.

Список використаних джерел:

1. Teaching for Excellence Pack Autumn 2014. Dinternal Education. Електронні джерела:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeMrL728IJ8

2. https://pearson.com.ua

3. https://dinternal.com.ua