HALLOWEEN: AMERICAN CULTURE LESSON
Introduction, The
Simpsons:
Questions:
-Have you ever been trick-or-treating? Have you
dressed up for Halloween?
-Do you celebrate Halloween in any way at home?
If yes, what do you do?
-Have you seen any cartoons, movies or TV shows
about Halloween? What was it about?
What is Halloween?
1’00’’ to 4’50”
Vocabulary:
Public / religious holiday vs. cultural
celebration Dress up –
costume – disguise
Trick or treat – door-to-door – asking for
candy Themed
party / costume party
House decoration Haunted
house
Scarecrow Graveyard
Tombstone Jack-o’-lantern
Useful Halloween
adjectives:
Scary: que te hace sentir miedo.
Spooky: parecida a “scary”, pero menos intensa. Algo que te hace
sentir miedo o incómodo. Espeluznante.
Creepy: parecida a “spooky” y “scary”, pero algo “creepy” te hará
sentir incómodo, pero no te hará sentir necesariamente miedo. Un “creep” es una
persona que hace cosas raras y hace que otras personas se sientan incómodos.
Freaky: se utiliza para describir algo que es raro o que no es
normal. También puede utilizarse para describir una situación de miedo o a una
persona.
Eerie: menos común en el inglés moderno, pero básicamente es un
sinónimo de “scary”.
To be afraid
or frightened.
Idioms:
Devil in disguise: Something or someone that appears to
be good, useful, or benevolent, but that proves to be the opposite. When I first met my ex-husband, I thought he
was the nicest man alive, but he turned out to be the devil in disguise.
Dig your own grave: to do something that causes you
harm, sometimes serious harm. She dug her
own grave when she made fun of the boss.
Pale as a ghost: To be extremely pale, as if
frightened. She was as pale as a ghost
after her husband's death.
Skeleton in the closet: an undisclosed fact about someone
which, if revealed, would damage perceptions of the person. Many families have a skeleton in the closet.
Game: What Monster
Am I?
Work on your collaboration, listening and
reading skills.
-Two teams.
-Team A choose a representative to read the
first monster description. The team members from Team A will collaborate and
get one guess. If they guess it they get a point. If they guess wrong, Team B
gets a shot at guessing.
-Same thing starting Team B.
- The team with the most points wins!
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