Glad to see you, boys and girls! Today we’ll have an unusual lesson. We’ll play Halloween party.
I. First of all we are going to divide you all into groups, that’s why take a card and make a group according to your card, for example if you have a card with a cat your team will be called “Black cats”, if you have a card with a monster your team will be called “monsters”, if you have a card with a ghost your team will be called “ghosts”, if you have a card with a bat your team will be called “Bats”, if you have a card with a sigh “judges” you will be judges. You may take your seats at the tables with appropriate picture (sigh).
Well done! Take your seats and we’ll start our lesson.
II. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9NW5AFjHFY
Well come to our party! I want you to watch a short video about Halloween.
Well, you all know about Halloween and today we’ll have a Halloween lesson. You will do some unusual tasks and learn some new facts about Halloween.
III. To warm up we’ll learn a scary story: You have to read the story all together. You have 2 minutes to be ready. (The members of the teams get the words of the scary story and prepare to tell it together).
In a dark, dark wood there is a dark, dark house.
And in a dark, dark house there is a dark, dark room.
And in a dark, dark room there is a dark, dark cupboard.
And in a dark, dark cupboard there is a dark, dark box.
And in a dark, dark box there is a dark, dark g - h - o - s - t.
It was very funny. I see you are ready to have a contest.
IV. The history of the Halloween is very interesting but complicated. Your task is to complete the story in a right order. (The members of the teams get a mixed story about the history of Halloween. Who will make the story better? – the text is cut into 8 parts, there are some unknown words to understand the story. ) You have 5-6minutes.
Halloween
Halloween is a festival that is celebrated on the 31st of October. This day is the eve of All Saints' Day. The word “Halloween” is hundreds of years old. It comes from medieval England.
But the origin of Halloween dates back hundreds of years to the Druid festival. They celebrated “All Hallows” Eve (in Old English “hallow” means “saint”). Long before this Celtic pagan tribes inhabited the territories of modern England. They thought that the year consisted of two parts – summer (bright part) and winter (dark part). The God of the Sun was taken prisoner during the winter.
According to Celtic calendar the 1st of November was the day when the Druid New Year began. So they believed that just before this day witches and other evil spirits were playing tricks on human beings to mark the beginning of “dark” winter and the reign of the Lord of Death. Many ghosts and witches on the Earth and that they met on October 31 to worship the devil. People lit bonfires and made sacrifice.
These old traditions can still be found in countries of Celtic influence today. For example, in the United States children wear scary costumes of ghost and skeletons and masks (false faces) and go trick-or-treating. Trick-or-treating is the main Halloween activity for children.
But what is trick-or-treating? Children go from door to door saying “trick or treat”. The neighbors give children treats like candies, fruit and money so that children do not play tricks on them.
Another Halloween tradition is making jack-o'-lanterns out of pumpkins. Jack-o'-lantern is a carved hollowed-out pumpkin with a face carved on one side. They also carve out rounded eyes in pumpkins and put a burning candle inside them so that they become visible from far away. There is an Irish legend which says that jack-o'-lanterns were named after the man called Jack.
He was a miser and could not enter heaven, neither could he enter hell because he had played jokes on devil. As a result, Jack has to walk on the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day.
Today, people do not believe in ghosts and witches but they like to tell stories about them on Halloween. The custom of telling ghost stories on Halloween comes from the Druids.
Fortunetelling is an important part of Halloween. Earlier a coin, a ring, and a thimble were baked into a cake. People believed that the person who found the coin would become wealthy. The one who found the ring would marry soon. And the person who found the thimble would never get married.
| Halloween — Хэллоуин; канун Дня
всех святых to trick-or-treat — выпрашивать угощение Jack-o'-lantern — фонарь fortunetelling — гадание ghost — привидение witch — ведьма to establish — установить All Saints Day — День всех святых mass — месса eve — канун treat — угощение hallowed-out pumpkins — тыквы, пустые внутри candle — свеча Irish — ирландский heaven — рай miser — скряга, скупец hell — ад Judgment Day — Судный день coin — монета ring — кольцо thimble — наперсток wealthy — богатый cardreading — гадание на картах palmistry — хиромантия, гадание по руке to worship — поклоняться |
Halloween — Хэллоуин; канун Дня
всех святых to trick-or-treat — выпрашивать угощение Jack-o'-lantern — фонарь fortunetelling — гадание ghost — привидение witch — ведьма to establish — установить All Saints Day — День всех святых mass — месса eve — канун treat — угощение hallowed-out pumpkins — тыквы, пустые внутри candle — свеча Irish — ирландский heaven — рай miser — скряга, скупец hell — ад Judgment Day — Судный день coin — монета ring — кольцо thimble — наперсток wealthy — богатый cardreading — гадание на картах palmistry — хиромантия, гадание по руке to worship — поклоняться |
V. Now you know the history of Halloween. You know some words that are used during Halloween parties. Your task is to guess these words. You have 6-7 minutes. (The pupils write down the correct words into the third column)
| oBomr upkPimn hoGts ulSkl erweWlfo mMuym tSelkeno rGaev onCldaur iramVpe Bta hWitc |
метла тыква приведения череп оборотень мумия скелет могила котел вампир летучая мышь ведьма |
While the team guess the words one member of each team will try to say a tong twister. Who is ready? If two witches were watching two watches which witch would watch which watch. (One person of each team may go to the corridor and learn the tong twister. When the team is ready with the words every person will introduce the proverb.)
VI. Now you know some Halloween characters, but who is who in the Halloween party? Guess the characters! You have 5 minutes!
There’re 4 witches. Their names are Abra, Wabra, Dabra and Cadabra. Guess who is who. Use the clues below.
1. Dabra hasn’t got a broom.
2. Wabra hasn’t got a big hat.
3. Dabra and Abra haven’t got long noses.
4. The fat witch isn’t Cadabra.
5. Abra isn’t standing next to Wabra.
Рисунок 1
VII. While celebrating Halloween you can meet more characters. To know them find the words in the crossword, the words can go across and down. You have 7 minutes.
VIII. You were very successful. And now you will make a Halloween picture. But the parts of the picture were cut, your task is to glue these small parts to get a big picture. Each team delegates one member to do this task. (A picture is cut down and then pupils glue small parts and get a nice picture)
Рисунок 2
IX. Halloween is a holiday of ghosts, vampires, witches and werewolves. It is full of supernatural signs. Some people believe them but others don’t. Match the parts of the sentences and you will know these facts. You have 7-8 minutes.
| If you see a black cat crossing a street, | she will not marry for at least 7 more years |
| If your right hand itches, | let them gently step on yours |
| If a single girl should not sit at the corner of a table, | you will have 7 years of bad luck |
| If you accidently step on your partner’s foot, | you can expect guests soon |
| If you break a mirror, | a female guest will soon arrive |
| If the cat is washing its face, | take it and let the person blow it away and make a wish. |
| If an eyelash falls out, | you’ll be receiving money soon |
| If a fork or a spoon fall off the table, | you will have a bad luck |
| If someone sneezes while telling you something, | someone has just thought about you. |
| If you get hiccups, | they’re telling the truth |
X. Halloween adjectives. Each member of the group has to write adjectives beginning with the letters of the word “Halloween” (There are 9 letters and try not to repeat the same adjectives!) – You have 6 minutes!
XI. When people celebrate different holidays they sing songs. Today we’ll sing a Halloween song together. (The children get the words of the song and sing together. The judges count the scores of the teams and name the results of the lesson.
http://youtu.be/YkmgM7UTOXs
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
The children watch a video and sing a song together.
The judges name the results and give children sweets. The winners become small presents.