Halloween - American Culture lesson

HALLOWEEN: AMERICAN CULTURE LESSON

Introduction, The Simpsons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BknA23VZLSk

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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjxnvAPHf-s

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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