Soon some people ,specially Americans, will be celebrating Halloween on All Saint´s Eve or All Hallow´s Eve, that is 31 st October, the night before All Saints Day .We are going to work on some activities to know more about this festivity.Have a SCARYYYY moment while you do them!!. Good work!
A) Click on History of Halloween
HALLOWEEN Stephen Lynch
Listen to the video while you read the lyrics
Thinking of all the cool creatures
that I will meet on this night
Ghosts and goblins and witches
roaming the streets in moonlight
Bowls of candy and goodies,
delicious and waiting in store
The sound of cute little footsteps
as they approach my front door
Letting the children inside to drink beers
Razor blades hidden in Three Musketeers
Screams from the basement of kids begging to be set free
That's what Halloween means to me
Tightening the clamps that are holding
their little heads so tight
Putting my lips to their ears
as I whisper please don't fight
I promise to you go home
if you swear not to tell a soul
Well I'll just untie these
I'm kidding, now where is my hacksaw*? Let's rock and roll!
A pinch of your brother, a teaspoon of you
With the head of your sister** would make a good stew
I'd give you a taste but your tongue's in the stew; irony
That's what Halloween means to me
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet
Give me someone... good to eat
INTERNET TROLLS THE HALLOWEEN MUSICAL
Did You Know?
The original Jack o'lanterns were carved from turnips, potatoes or beets.
ACTIVITIES
A) Click on History of Halloween
Listen to the first part of the video and complete the sentences with the right words :
_ It was ______ Ireland B.C , that day was called ________, the Celtic word for summer´s end.
_ On a day when so many spirits walked _____ priests tried to _______whether their villages will survive the winter.
_ Ordinary Celts lit _______ and ________themselves to repel and confuse the spirits.
_ In the (th century in a slightly attempt to distract the Celts from their pagan practice Pope _________________ established ____________a day honouring All Saints known and unknown on November 1st.
Now listen to the rest and answer the following questions:
a) What did the poor do when they went from home to home?
b) Who earns billions of dollars?
B) Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Find the answers to questions 1 - 14 on the following Web pages to complete the following Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
_ It was ______ Ireland B.C , that day was called ________, the Celtic word for summer´s end.
_ On a day when so many spirits walked _____ priests tried to _______whether their villages will survive the winter.
_ Ordinary Celts lit _______ and ________themselves to repel and confuse the spirits.
_ In the (th century in a slightly attempt to distract the Celts from their pagan practice Pope _________________ established ____________a day honouring All Saints known and unknown on November 1st.
Now listen to the rest and answer the following questions:
a) What did the poor do when they went from home to home?
b) Who earns billions of dollars?
B) Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Find the answers to questions 1 - 14 on the following Web pages to complete the following Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
A) 1) Find three different names for Halloween.
2) How did Bobbing for Apples start?
3) What are the traditional Halloween colours?
4) What is Jack O´Lantern origin?
5) What was Samhain?
6) How was Halloween known in the past in some parts of Britain?
7) What did British people do with their doors?
8) Why do English put some turnip lanterns on gate posts?
9) How was Halloween nicknamed in England?
10) Which Pope declared May 13th All Saint´s Day?
11) What were the soul cakes?
12) Who was Jack O´Lantern?
13) Why did Americans use pumpkins instead of turnips to make the lanterns?
14) Why do people dress up as ghosts , goblings,vampires and other scary creatures?
B) Correct the false statements:
1) In England bad cats are believed to be bad luck.
2) Halloween is the first most commercially succesful holiday in USA.
3) The English brought the tradition of the Jack O´Lantern to America.
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
Watch the video from You Tube and find the English words for :
1.SALTAR,ABALANZARSE 2. LLAMAR,ACLAMAR 3.CUBO DE BASURA 4. HASTA TOPE 5.
1) In England bad cats are believed to be bad luck.
2) Halloween is the first most commercially succesful holiday in USA.
3) The English brought the tradition of the Jack O´Lantern to America.
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
Watch the video from You Tube and find the English words for :
HALLOWEEN Stephen Lynch
Listen to the video while you read the lyrics
that I will meet on this night
Ghosts and goblins and witches
roaming the streets in moonlight
Bowls of candy and goodies,
delicious and waiting in store
The sound of cute little footsteps
as they approach my front door
Letting the children inside to drink beers
Razor blades hidden in Three Musketeers
Screams from the basement of kids begging to be set free
That's what Halloween means to me
Tightening the clamps that are holding
their little heads so tight
Putting my lips to their ears
as I whisper please don't fight
I promise to you go home
if you swear not to tell a soul
Well I'll just untie these
I'm kidding, now where is my hacksaw*? Let's rock and roll!
A pinch of your brother, a teaspoon of you
With the head of your sister** would make a good stew
I'd give you a taste but your tongue's in the stew; irony
That's what Halloween means to me
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet
Give me someone... good to eat
INTERNET TROLLS THE HALLOWEEN MUSICAL
Do They Know It's Halloween? by NAHPI
Once a year on a spooky night
It's Hallowe'en, and what a fright!
Young boys and ghouls, in ghoulish disguise
They cover their skin, conceal their eyes
A grave mistake to be out
When the ghosts are about
It's Hallowe'en... our time to be afraid
In the rest of the world, they don't observe
This bash which has become our biggest concern
Latvia, Laos, Chad, Peru
We need their help, or else we're through
They don't know the fear we endure once a year
All Hallow's Eve, we are afraid!
Do they know it's Hallowe'en tonight?
It's October 31st, could it get any worse?
Children on streets, begging for treats
Drowning in a bucket of apples bobbing
Parents are hiding, our babies are sobbing
The undead have returned
They're freaking us out
Dragging us down, so we shout:
"Help us! Help us! Save our souls!"
We're dying of fear, and they don't even know it
They think we've got it all
What we need is a team
To help us forget, forget Hallowe'en
Fools! You think you can stop Hallowe'en?"
"The world can't hear your useless plea!"
"It's too late! Our orange and black plague will soon consume them all!"
"Then everyone will understand the true meaning of Hallowe'en..."
"Pure terror!"
We're all fed up, we've had enough.
Enough, enough, enough, enough!
Trick!
Caramel apples will make you sick
Treat!
And all those sweets will rot your teeth
Ouija board, ouija board (spell this!)
We don't want you here no more
The writing's on the tombstone
Beneath the willow tree
No more razorblades in our kids' candy
Dead dogs and broomsticks
Pumpkins and flames
We're ending this night, ending the shame!
Do they know it's Hallowe'en tonight?
