Halloween

                  In the United States, Halloween is a holiday that is celebrated on October 31st. On this day children will wear costumes. Children often dress as monsters, their favorite super hero or cartoon character. After putting on their costume, children go trick-or-treating. This is when they walk around the neighborhood and collect candy. After Halloween, many children will come to school very hyper due to the large amount of sugar they are eating. It takes several weeks for this phenomena to go back to normal.


                                                   

Vocabulary list:
Halloween-(noun) the eve of All Saint's Day, observed especially by children in costumes
Costumes- (noun) disguise, dress to appear as someone or something else
trick-or-treating- (verb) to go door to door asking for candy or prizes
neighborhood-(noun) a group of houses near one another in an area
hyper-(adjective) overexcited, overstimulated, having excessive energy
phenomena- (noun) a fact, occurrence, or circumstance 


Vocabulary exercise:

Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word.
_________________ is a holiday that occurs on October 31st. Children often wear __________. _________________ is when children go to people's homes and ask for candy. Their parents will walk them around their ______________. When children eat a lot of candy they become ____________. This ______________ happens every year following Halloween.

Grammar concept: The blog post above contains examples of the simple future. The 'will' before a verb indicates that the action has not begun. It is an action that 'will' take place.


Grammar Practice:
Write a sentence for each of the following:
1) will go
2) will study
3) will wear

Further Reading:
https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-trick-or-treating

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXaWRy6oiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACVZiekw4A


Comments

  1. Teacher: JackieNovember 26, 2018 at 9:04 AM

    You might be surprised to learn that Halloween is a very controversial holiday among some immigrants. The evil images associated with the holiday are offensive to some people.

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