1. Winter Festivals Halloween SPOOKY

2. These are the web pages you are going to work with. First of all, visit them and do the following exercises as a warm-up. Print them to check in class. http://woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Halloween.html http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-halloween.htm http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween http:// www.halloween.com/history_halloween.php

3. Complete each sentence with the words below: CHRISTMAS TRICK OR TREAT JACK-O-LANTERN WINTER CELTIC - Halloween was originally a __________ celebration. - The __________ changed the name to ‘All Hallows?. - The Celts believed that evil spirits came in __________ . - A hollow pumpkin with a candle inside is called a __________ . - __________ is when children knock on doors and demand food or money.

4. Match the words on the left to the definitions on the right: a witch wears this over her clothes SPIDER a large round orange-coloured vegetable BROOM a woman with evil magic powers WITCH a witch’s form of transport PUMPKIN the spirit of a dead person CLOAK a small animal with wings SKELETON a building with ghosts GHOST the bones in a person’s body HAUNTED HOUSE a small animal with eight legs BAT

5. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROJECT First of all, divide the class in groups of 3 students and choose a topic you later tell the teacher. Once you have decided on a theme … Reading: you visit the sites given or search for more information on the Net using Yahoo, Google, etc. Reading and writing: you read the information, select the most important points or those you are interested in and write a summary (in Word format). Prepare different slides with photos/images/gifs/music using PowerPoint (a maximum of 10 slides). Once you’ve finished, show it to the teacher to correct and suggest changes if necessary. Speaking: you prepare your oral presentations. Listening and speaking: students listen to their classmates, ask questions if there are doubts and comment on the different topics and presentations.

6. Learn & Have Fun!!!