ESL presentation about Halloween: basic vocabulary, origins and typical activities.

1. Halloween
Ana Arias Castro
CPI Tino Grandío

2. Halloween
Basic vocabulary:
●Ghost
●Goblin
●Haunted
●Pumpkin
●Scare
●Spell
●Creepy
●Trick
●Witch
●Zombie
●Trick or treat
●Jack o'lantern
Now, try this vocabulary exercise

3. Origins of Halloween
Halloween (=All Hallows' Eve) is celebrated in
many Christian countries on the 31st of
October, the eve of the 1st of November, All
Saints' Day.
It has Celtic origins (=Samhain).

4. Symbols of Halloween
Jack o'lantern
Pumpkins
Monsters:
● Ghosts
● Zombies
● Mummy
● Frankenstein
● Dracula
● Vampire
● Werewolf

5. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

6. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

7. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

8. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

9. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

10. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

11. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

12. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories:
http://americanfolklore.net/halloween.html
Watching horror films

13. Halloween activities
Pumpkin carving
Wearing costumes
Trick or treating
Lighting bonfires
Apple bobbing
Visiting haunted houses
Playing pranks
Telling horror stories
Watching horror films

14. Halloween
Halloween activities:
●http://www.isabelperez.com/halloween1.htm
●http://www.kico4u.de/english/topicotw/halloweenquiz.htm

15. Halloween
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