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Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Halloween. Mostrar todas las entradas

jueves, 30 de octubre de 2025

THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN

Unscramble the words related to halloween traditions:

  1. crikt ro tarte

  2. bbgobin rof papels

  3. shtog

  4. aded

  5. susbines

  6. ndecais

  7. stocumse

  8. pkumpin

Now enjoy the video:



Complete the facts about Halloween with the correct time expressions:

 today  / 2,000 years ago / on November 1st / in the 19th century /  in the 1950s / the night before / in the 8th century / on November 2nd

 

  1. The origins of Halloween go back __________ to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain.
  2. Samhain was celebrated __________.
  3. People believed that the dead returned as ghosts __________, so they left food and wine on their doorsteps.
  4. The Christian Church turned Samhain into All Saints’ Day __________.
  5. All Souls’ Day was celebrated __________, when the needy begged for pastries called soul cakes.
  6. __________, Irish and Scottish immigrants brought old Halloween traditions to America.
  7. Trick-or-treating became the family-friendly celebration we know __________.
  8. __________, Halloween is one of the biggest commercial holidays in the U.S.

domingo, 28 de octubre de 2018

Halloween

1) Watch the horror story and enjoy the video activities:
video
video activities

2) Write a terrorific ending for this story.
Choose:
- a setting: ghostly ship, haunted house, graveyard,  dungeon,  forest,  prison,  abandoned city...
- new characters: vampire, witch, zombie, ghost, monster, skeleton, werewolf
- Items: ancient relic, magic potion, sword treasure, crystal ball...
- adjectives: disappointed, sick, disturbed unnerved, mad, uncomfortable, insane, lunatic...