Halloween in an Italian middle school

2. Strange things happened in our
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3. On Halloween we enjoyed many
activities, as watching videos or scary
movies, singing songs or learning
nursery rhymes…

4. For example, we studied Halloween origins
and we learnt that…

5. Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on
st .
October 31

6. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the
Christian holy day of All Saints. The term derives from
“All Hallows Eve” that means “eve of All Saints‟ Day”.

7. Carving turnips as ghoulish faces to hold candles became a popular part
of the festival, which has been adapted to carving pumpkins in America.
Nowadays this festival is celebrated in many western countries as the
U.K., U.S.A., Canada, New Zeland and Australia.
Today children go trick-or-treating asking for candies and fruit.

8. We learnt all the Halloween symbols in English
JACK-O-LANTERN
SKELETON
TRICK-OR-TREAT
HAUNTED HOUSE
WITCH
GHOST

9. Moreover, we sang
songs like this…

13. And we learnt nursery
rhymes like these…

15. When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and
whispers,
„tis near Halloween.
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16. We also made a lot of posters and drawings…

20. In the end we watched these movies…

22. ...and of course we ate lots of candies…!!!

23. Istituto Comprensivo “Losapio-S.F. Neri”
Gioia del Colle a.s. 2012/2013