Ideas for Halloween in the classroom

Last updated 13 Oct 2009 20:45

In two weeks, Halloween is with us again. What have you got lined up for this year? Here are just a few ideas to help you get going.

To introduce/revise vocabulary related to Halloween, I've set up a PowerPoint presentation. Show the slide first, then elicit the word before revealing it. It's appropriate for basic level upwards. To display it properly, you'd need to download it. You may have to register with Scribd first.

To revise the vocabulary, do a miming activity. Show a picture to a student and she or he has to mime it for the others to guess the word. If you think the students already know the words, you can do the miming activity before showing the PowerPoint.

Halloween vocabulary

At the end of the vocabulary presentation, there are two activities which can be done independently:

Have a competition and see how many words the students can form from the word HALLOWEEN. You'd be surprised how many words are possible!

Then, ask them to think of all the words which can be associated with Halloween. Just like what I suggested in my odd one out post, you can accept practically any words. If they seem to be somewhat strange, ask them to explain the connection.

To introduce some tension in these activities, set a time limit, say of 5 minutes.

If you have a classroom projector, you can show them some videos. There are tons of Halloween-related videos you can find on the internet, but I've selected a few for you here. For the older or more advanced students, you can discuss the history of Halloween:

For the younger students, show them something more light-hearted:



To end the class, have a singalong with this monster hit!

Play them the karaoke version and have everyone join in! Unfortunately, they have disabled the option to embed, but here's the link:

If you don't like my ideas, try these sites:
abcteach
halloweenlinks

Have a harroween time!