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1HALLOWEEN
21. Halloween is one of the oldest festivals in
Great Britain. 2. Halloween is celebrated on
October 31st.3. The full name of the festival is
All Hallows Eve.4. About 99 of pumpkins sold
in Britain are used as lamps at Halloween.
4 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT HALLOWEEN
3THE HISTORY
- Everything started a very long time ago, in
the 5th century, in the place where today is
Great Britain and Northern France. At that time
the Celts lived there and they celebrated New
Year with a festival called Samhain on November
1st. It was a holiday of the end of the Sun
Season and the start of the Dark and Cold
Season. People made lamps of pumpkins and
candles and said These lamps help the sun to
live in winter.
4THE HISTORY
- In the year 835 the Roman Catholic Church made
November 1st a church holiday of all saints who
do not have a special day in the year. This
holiday was called All Saints Day or All
Hallows Day. People started to celebrate
another holiday on October 31st All Hallows
Eve (the night before All Hallows Day). Now we
call this festival Halloween.
5BELIEFS
- People strongly believed that Halloween is
the night when communication between the worlds
of the living and the dead can be. Dead people
visit our world as witches, goblins, ghosts,
black cats and skeletons.
6TRADITIONS
- Jack-o-lanterns pumpkins with lighted
candles inside which were used to frighten away
evil spirits. According to an Irish legend a man
called Jack cant enter neither heaven nor hell.
So instead, he has to walk in the darkness with
his lantern until Judgment Day. Many years ago
people used - turnips and potatoes in making
- lanterns. Now all over the world
- pumpkins are used.
7Jack-o-lantern1. Cover the pumpkin with the cap
2. Take a huge yellow pumpkin, cut off the
cap.3. Put the candle inside the pumpkin. 4.
Light the candle. 5. Hollow out the inside. 6.
Cut a nose, eyes and a mouth.
8TRADITIONS
- Costumes on Halloween people wore masks and
costumes when they left homes after dark so that
the ghosts would mistake them for other evil
spirits. The most popular costumes nowadays are
ghosts, witches and skeletons. The colours of
Halloween are orange ( the colour of harvest)
and black ( the colour of death and darkness).
9- A) a witch
- B) a bat
- C) a crescnet moon
- D) a rat
- E) a gnome
- F) a ghost
- G) a wolf
- H) an owl
- I) a black cat
- J) a demon
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10TRADITIONS
- Trick-or-Treat many years ago to keep ghosts
and witches away from their houses on Halloween,
people placed plates of food outside their homes
to appease all evil spirits. And now British
children put on their costumes and from door to
door in the evening saying Trick or
Treat.And people give them chocolate and
sweets.
11What treats would you like to get ? What
tricks will you play on people ?
- pull down fences.
- put on spooky faces.
- dig up pumpkins.
- cut pumpkin faces.
- play loud music.
- jump and run round the house.
12Have you ever gone through the labyrinth?
- Now you will have a chance to go through our
labyrinth and to help the witch to. find her
kitten
13Who is who?Here 're four witches Abra, Wabra,
Dabra and Cadabra. Guess who is who. Use the
clues below.
- 1. Dabra hasn't got a broom. 2. Wabra hasn't
got a big hat. 3. Dabra and Abra haven't got long
noses. 4. The fat witch isn't Cadabra. 5. Abra
isn't standing next to Wabra.
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C
14Lets play the memory game.
15Black cat
- Black cat, black cat!What do you think of that?
Scat!Slowly slinking in the nightEyes that glow
with golden light. - Black cat, black cat!What do you think of that?
Scat!Purring softly, cant be seenHell come
out on Halloween. - Black cat, black cat!What do you think of that?
Scat!
16Write a Halloween poem using the words in the box
below.
black cat, cauldron, Halloween, scary, magic, pumpkin, ghosts, costume, dark, night, house, trick, treat, fun, bats,, candy, silly, clowns, October
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18HALOWEEN QUIZ
- 1. When is Halloween celebrated?
- 2. Where did the name Halloween come from?
- 3. Do you know when and where did the tradition
of Halloween begin? - 4. What traditions of Halloween do you know?
- 5. Why do people dress up in costumes on
Halloween?
19- 6. What are the colours of Halloween?
- 7.What are the symbols of Halloween?
- 8. What do people traditionally bob for at
Halloween parties? - 9. Who can walk through walls?
- 10. Whats considered if a black cat crosses your
path? - 11. What do you need to keep vampires away?
A-garlic B-onion C-pepper -
20- 12. In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally
carved into a jack-o-lantern? - A-a watermelon B-a turnip C-a pumpkin
- 13. When are werewolves supposed to come out?
- A-after midnight B-during a full moon
- C-on a Halloween night
- 14. What does a witch use for transport?
- A-a hat B-a broomstick C-a plane
- 15. What do children say when they knock at the
door at Halloween?
21Halloween Song
- One little skeleton hopping up and down,Hopping
up and down, hopping up and down.One little
skeleton hopping up and down,For this is
Halloween! - Two little witches flying through the air,Flying
through the air, flying through the air.Two
little witches flying through the air,For this
is Halloween! - Three black cats are walking on a fence,Walking
on a fence, walking on a fence.Three black cats
are walking on a fenceFor this is Halloween! - Four plump pumpkins bouncing down the
road,Bouncing down the road, bouncing down the
road,Four plump pumpkins bouncing down the
road,For this is Halloween!