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Teacher: Good afternoon, dear students! Today you'll see a mini-show which is devoted to the popular holiday «Halloween». Welcome to our Halloween Party!
Presenter 1. Good afternoon, dear students! Halloween is a festival that takes place on October 31. In the United States children wear costumes and masks and go trick-or-treating. Many of them carve jack-o'-lanterns out of pumpkins. Fortunetelling and storytelling about ghosts and witches are popular activities. Halloween colors are orange and black. During the early years of the Christian era people celebrated Halloween with games, bonfires, parties.
Presenter 2. The main Halloween activity for children is trick-or-treating. Children dress in costumes and masks and go from door to door saying "trick or treat". The neighbors give children such treats as candy, fruit and pennies so that children do not play tricks on them.
People once believed that there were many ghosts and witches on the Earth and that they met on October 31 to worship the devil. Today, people do not believe in ghosts and witches but they like to tell stories about them on Halloween.
(играет песня «This is Halloween», на сцене, танцуя, появляются ведьмы, вурдалаки, привидения.) Приложение.
(A poem Halloween by Phyllis J. Perry)
Witch 1. Hooting Howling Hissing Witches Riding Rasping Ragged Switches;
Witch 2. Fluttering Frightening Fearsome Bats;
Witch 1. Arching Awesome Awful Cats;
Witch 2. Long Lantern – Lighted Streets;
Witch 1. Witch 2. Tricks! Tasty Tempting Treats!
(A poem Pumpkin by Valerie Worth)
(студент с символом праздника в руках – тыквой)
Student 1.
After its lid is cut, the slick seeds and stuck
Wet strings scooped out walls scraped
Dry and white, face carved, candle fired and lit,
Light creeps into the trick rind: giving that dead orange vegetable skull
Warm skin, making a live head to hold its sharp gold grin.
(A poem Ghost by Jack Prelutsky)
Student 2.
I saw a ghost that stared and stared
And I stood still and acted scared but that was just a big pretend
I knew that ghost … it was my friend!
Witch1. Now we'll have Halloween quiz and I'll see what you know about this holiday.
Witch 2. Wow, I like the puzzles.
Puzzles.
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When is Halloween celebrated?
A) January 1-st
B) February 14-th
C) October 31-st -
What colors are associated with Halloween?
a) Red and green
b) Orange and black
c) Yellow and blue -
Who can walk through the walls?
a) Witches
b) teachers
c) Ghosts -
What is the ghostly Antidotes?
a) books
b) pencil
c) first light -
What is worn around the neck to keep vampires away?
a) Garlic
b) Onion
c) pumpkin -
What does a witch use for transport?
a) A BMW
b) A broomstick
c) A motorbike
Presenter 1. Now I suggest that you should guess my riddles.
I am a big and round
Once upon a time I grew on the ground
Now I have a mouth, 2 eyes and a nose
Who am I do you suppose?
(pumpkin)
It means bad luck, don’t look at it
If it crosses your path
And what do you think we call it?
(a black cat)
In masks and gouns we haunt the street
And knock on doors for trick or treat
Tonight we are the king and queen
For all tonight is …
(Halloween)
She always flies on her magic broom,
She always flies around the moon
With a black hat on her head
And what do you think, who is that?
(a witch)
I see a friendly shining moon
As big and round as a balloon
Soon I will go out on the street
With my friend for our …
(trick – or – treat)
Presenter 2. Now costume parade
(парад костюмов)
Presenter 1. Our party has come to the end.
(звучит песня Monster Mash поп-музыканта Бобби Пикэтта)