Halloween

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Lesson:

Halloween

General:

Time:

40 mins - 1 hour

Objectives:

Talking about Halloween and popular Halloween characters

Structures:

"¡Feliz Halloween!", "Mira hay ...", "Mira por la ventana", "¿Qué vamos a

ver?", "Sal afuera, a la calle", "¿A quién vamos a encontrar?"

Target Vocab:

Halloween, fantasma, monstruo, bruja, gato negro, mago, momia, murciélago,

zombi

You will need:

Materials:

For the "Halloween" classroom (all optional):

 jack-o-lanterns

 glow-in-the-dark stars and shapes for the walls

 eerie music

 Halloween decorations

 prizes for costumes (if you are doing fancy dress)

For "Feel in the Boxes" activity (most optional):

 large cardboard boxes with holes cut into one side (to reach in and feel)

 various creepy objects (such as plastic bats, spiders, goo or slime, jello / jelly

shaped as a brain, etc. - see point 2 in Warm Up and Maintenance below) to

put inside the boxes

For paper plate Halloween masks (most optional):

 paper plates (x1 per student)

 elastic for the mask straps

 materials to use on the masks, such as colored pens, glitter, felt, wool, etc.

(see point 2 in New Learning and Practice below)

*Flashcards:

 fantasma, monstruo, bruja, gato negro, mago, momia, murciélago, zombi

*Printables:

 select one of our Halloween worksheets

 Canción de Halloween song poster

 Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas, Tres Pequeñas Brujas song poster

*Songs:

 Canción de Halloween (or)

 Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas, Tres Pequeñas Brujas

*Reader:

¡Feliz Halloween!

Classroom

Resources:

CD / tape player

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Lesson Overview:

Warm Up and Maintenance:

1. Setting the atmosphere

2. Enter the room and play "Feel in the Boxes"

New Learning and Practice:

1. Teach new vocab and play "Flashcard Ghost Chase"

2. Do "Halloween paper plate mask craft"

3. Play "Halloween Walk"

4. Sing a Halloween Song: "Canción de Halloween " or "Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas,

Tres Pequeñas Brujas"

5. Read classroom reader "¡Feliz Halloween!"

6. End with some fun Halloween activities

Wrap Up:

1. Assign Homework: Halloween worksheets

2. Do usual post-lesson routine and say goodbye to students.

Lesson Procedure:

Warm Up and Maintenance:

This lesson will start quite differently than your usual lessons as we want to get the

atmosphere of Halloween started right from the beginning of class.

1. Setting the atmosphere

Before class think about how you can make the room and lesson come to life. This all

depends on your resources, but some ideas can be:

Note: Not too scary!

Some of the activities in this lesson can be made quite scary for older students but make

sure this is toned right down for younger students.

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 lights - turn off some lights and close curtains to

make the room darker. Place some jack-o-lanterns

around the room.

 get some glow-in-the-dark stars and shapes and stick

them around the walls.

 rearrange the furniture.

 have some eerie music playing in the background.

 hang decorations around the classroom, such as bats

and ghost crafts (if you do with other classes you can build up the decorations as you

do crafts each lesson).

 dress up as a Halloween character (if possible, one of the characters you are teaching

in this lesson).

 in a previous lesson ask students (or their parents) to come to this lesson in

Halloween fancy dress. This is great fun and you can have a fancy dress party during

the lesson with prizes for best, scariest, funniest, etc.

2. Enter the room and play "Feel in the Boxes"

Before class, prepare some cardboard boxes. These

are going to hide things that the students have to feel

and guess what they are. Of course, being Halloween,

the objects inside the boxes are going to be creepy!

Prepare the boxes by cutting a hole in one side, just

large enough to put your arm through. You can even

put on a flap material to cover the hole to stop prying

eyes. Inside the boxes place some "Halloween" type

objects which you can pick up in discount stores, party

stores and supermarkets, such as:

 plastic bats, spiders, etc.

 goo or slime

 jello / jelly shaped as a brain

 spider webs

 cooked, cold spaghetti noodles (worms)

 peeled grapes (eye balls)

 fake fur (monster hair)

 over cooked rice (magots)

 tofu (can be anything gross)

 dried pasta (teeth or bones)

 toes (mini hot dogs)

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Have everyone wait outside the classroom until it is time to go in. Stand at the door and as

each student enters say "¡Feliz Halloween!" and have them reply "¡Feliz Halloween!".

Then allow the students to walk around the classroom feeling inside the boxes and trying to

guess what each object is. This is bound to cause a lot a screams and laughter but everyone

will thoroughly enjoy it and it will be well worth the effort of setting it up.

Finally, have everyone sit down and ask what they think is in each box (e.g. "¡Yo creo que

son ¡gusanos! (I think it's worms!)) and then take out each item to show everyone what it

really is.

Finally, get everyone to help you clear everything to the sides of the classroom so there is a

large space in the middle and get everyone to sit down on the floor.

New Learning and Practice:

1. Teach new vocab and play "Flashcard Ghost Chase"

Before class, print out the flashcards for the Halloween characters you are going to teach

(fantasma, monstruo, bruja, gato negro, mago, momia, murciélago, zombi) and then on 2 or

3 backs of these cards print the ghost picture.

Explain you are going to play "ghost chase!".

Show one flashcard and teach / elicit the word.

Then quickly turn over the card - if the back is

blank everyone is safe ("¡uf, que alivio!" (phew!)).

If the back of the card has the ghost image, shout

"¡Fantasma!" and get everyone to quickly get up

and run to keep out of your way. You have to run

after everyone and tag them (they have to sit

down). You can even have one of the students

act as the ghost. Return everyone back to the

middle of the floor to continue with the flashcards.

Hand in the box!

If you can get someone to help you, put another hole in the back of the box and have someone hide

behind the box (covered under a blanket) and put their hand through the hole. When the students

put their hands they will get a big surprise when their hand is grabbed!

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2. Do "Halloween paper plate mask craft"

Before class prepare enough paper plates for each

student. They are going to make masks and wear them

so you will also need elastic to keep the masks on. Also

prepare things for making the masks - colored pens,

glitter, felt, wool, stickers, colored card, tape, glue, etc.

Put the class into 8 groups and each group sits together.

Give each group one of the flashcards (e.g. the bruja)

and have them make a mask for that character. Finally,

have everyone wear their masks - you can even have a competition with prizes!

3. Play "Halloween Walk"

Now everyone is going to play a game wearing their masks. First get the "fantasmas" to

stand up and show you how ghosts move around (saying "¡Uuuuuuuh!"). Next get the

monstruos to stumble around going "¡Buuuuuuu!", and so on. You are introducing the

sounds from the song you are going to sing a bit later (see point 4 below). Finally, get

everyone to stand up and shout out instructions (e.g. "¡Muévanse como zombi!" (Move like

a zombi!)) and get everyone to move around making the sound. Here are the sounds for

each character:

 fantasma (¡Uuuuuuuh!)

 monstruo (¡Buuuuuuu!)

 bruja (¡Je, je, je, je!)

 gato negro (¡Miaaaauuu!)

 mago (¡Eh eh ehhhh!)

 momia (¡Grrrrrrrrrr!)

 murciélago (¡Aaah! ¡Aaah!)

 zombi (¡Rrrrrrrrrrrr!)

4. Sing a Halloween Song

We have two songs which you can choose from - just download and play in class:

 Canción de Halloween: this song contains many of the characters from Halloween

(fantasma, zombi, etc.) and is good for older children (6 years and older).

 Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas, Tres Pequeñas Brujas: this is a nice and simple song

about witches for the little children to enjoy.

Song Option 1: "Canción de Halloween":

Get everybody to stand up and tell them they are going to sing a Halloween song. Use the

following lyrics with the song:

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First play the song and show everyone the gestures and actions - have them all try and

follow along with you as you do the actions. Then play again and get everyone to join in. It

may help to place the flashcards on the board in the correct order of the song, or pin up the

song poster.

Lyrics for "Canción de Halloween"

¡Feliz Halloween! ¡Feliz Halloween!

¡Feliz, Feliz Halloween! ¡Feliz, Feliz Halloween!

Coro:

Mira por la ventana esta noche,

¿Qué vamos a ver en la noche de Halloween?

Sal afuera, a la calle esta noche,

¿A quién vamos a encontrar en la noche de

Halloween?

Estrofa 1:

Mira hay un fantasma (¡Uuuuuuuh!)

Mira hay un monstruo (¡Buuuuuuu!)

Mira hay una bruja (¡Je, je, je, je!)

Mira hay un gato negro (¡Miaaaauuu!)

Pero no te preocupes - ¡Sólo son niños

vistiendo disfraces!

¡Feliz, Feliz, Feliz Halloween!

Coro

Estrofa 2:

Mira hay un mago (¡Eh eh ehhhh!)

Mira hay una momia (¡Grrrrrrrrrr!)

Mira hay un murciélago (¡Aaah! ¡Aaah!)

Mira hay un zombi (¡Rrrrrrrrrrrr!)

Pero no te preocupes - ¡Sólo son niños

vistiendo disfraces!

¡Feliz, Feliz Halloween!

¡Feliz Halloween!

Gestures for "Canción de Halloween"

 "¡Feliz, Feliz Halloween!" - sing and dance along to

this (dancing like zombies or monsters - like in

Michael Jackson's Thriller).

 "Mira por la ventana esta noche" - everyone puts

their hand above their eyes to 'peer' out of the

window with a frightened expression.

 "¿Qué vamos a ver en la noche de Halloween?" -

look around with a frightened expression.

 "Sal afuera, a la calle esta noche" - walking on the

spot.

 "¿A quién vamos a encontrar en la noche de

Halloween?" - look around with a frightened

expression.

 "Mira hay un fantasma (Uuuuuuuh!)" - all do a

ghost gesture and say "¡Uuuuuuuh!".

 "Mira hay un monstruo (¡Buuuuuuu!)" - all walk like

a scary monster and say "¡Buuuuuuu!".

 "Mira hay una bruja (¡Je, je, je, je!)" - everyone

wiggles their fingers in front of their face like a

witch whilst saying "¡Je, je, je, je!".

 "Mira hay un gato negro (¡Miaaaauuu!)" - all act

like a cat whilst meowing.

 "Mira hay un mago (¡Eh eh ehhhh!)" - all wave

imaginary wands in the air and say "¡Eh eh ehhhh!".

 "Mira hay una momia (¡Grrrrrrrrrr!)" - walk around

with arms stretched out in front and say :

"¡Grrrrrrrrrr!".

 "Mira hay un murciélago (¡Aaah! ¡Aaah!)"- all flap

around and say "¡Aaah! ¡Aaah!".

 "Mira hay un zombi (¡Rrrrrrrrrrrr!)"- do the zombie

dance/walk (as in Thriller) and say "¡Rrrrrrrrrrrr!".

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Song Option 2: "Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas, Tres Pequeñas Brujas":

Get everybody to stand up and tell them they are going to sing a Halloween song. Use the

following lyrics with the song:

First play the song and show everyone the finger actions - have them all try and follow along

with you as you do the actions. Then play again and get everyone to join in.

Lyrics for "Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas,

Tres Pequeñas Brujas"

Estrofa 1:

1 pequeña, 2 pequeñas, 3 pequeñas brujas

4 pequeñas, 5 pequeñas, 6 pequeñas brujas

7 pequeñas, 8 pequeñas, 9 pequeñas brujas

10 pequeñas brujas en fila.

Estrofa 2:

10 pequeñas, 9 pequeñas, 8 pequeñas brujas

7 pequeñas, 6 pequeñas, 5 pequeñas brujas

4 pequeñas, 3 pequeñas, 2 pequeñas brujas

1 pequeña bruja sola.

Gestures for "Una Pequeña, Dos Pequeñas, Tres

Pequeñas Brujas"

This is very simple - have everyone stand up and hold

their hands out with their fists clenched.

As the song counts up to 10 (verse 1) everyone holds up a

finger for each witch - by the end of the verse all 10

fingers will be raised.

As the song counts down (verse 2) everyone closes their

fingers until just one finger is left up.

5. Read classroom reader "¡Feliz Halloween!"

This reader follows on from the Canción de Halloween as it contains

the same characters as in the song. Before class, download and print

off the reader "¡Feliz Halloween!" from our website. As you go

through each page, point to the key vocab in each picture and elicit

the Halloween characters and the sounds that each one makes.

Encourage your students to get up and act out each of the characters

that come up in the story, for example:

Teacher: (pointing at the ghost on page 2) ¿Qué es esto?

Students: ¡Un fantasma!

Teacher: Sí, muy bien ... (reading) ... "¡De pronto, apareció un fantasma!". ¿Qué sonido hace

un fantasma?

Students: ¡Uuuuuuuh!

Teacher: Oh sí, ¡da mucho miedo! Ana, podrías mostrarnos cómo hace un fantasma? ...(Ana

gets up and starts doing her ghost impression)... ¡Genial! Ahora, todos ¡háganme ver cómo

hacen los fantasmas! ... (everyone get up and does their ghost impressions)

etc.

Continue through the story, asking what all the characters are. Get the students really

involved in the story by asking lots of questions (e.g. about the colors, clothes and other

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objects in the pictures) and even ask yes/no questions about what each character is, for

example:

Teacher: (pointing at the monster on page 3) ¿Esta es una momia?

Students: ¡No!, ¡es un monstruo!!

Teacher: ¡Oh sí, muy bien! ¿Y hace "¡Miaaaauuu!"?

Students: ¡No! "¡Buuuuuuu"

etc.

6. End with some fun Halloween activities

End the class with some fun Halloween games and actives - choose from the list below:

 Yo entré en una casa embrujada (I went Into a haunted house): Students sit in a

circle. Student A says "Yo entré en una casa embrujada y vi una bruja". Student B

continues: "Yo entré en una casa embrujada y vi una bruja y un gato negro".

Continue around the circle.

 Melt the Witch Game: Materials: A chalkboard, colored chalk, sponges, bucket of

water. Directions: Draw a witch's head , or whole body on the chalkboard. Fill the

bucket with water and sponges. Have children stand close enough to the board to be

able to hit it accurately with a wet sponge. Place water bucket and sponges near this

spot. Tell the children to take turns throwing wet sponges at the witch to try and

"melt" her away. As the witch becomes wet and water drips down the board, it will

appear as if she is melting. Be sure the children are squeezing out to the sponges

before throwing.

 Pass the Pumpkin: Students sit in a circle. Provide a plastic pumpkin for children to

pass while the teacher plays some music. Children pass the pumpkin to the tempo of

the music. Alternate between fast and slow. When the music stops the child who has

the pumpkin stands and takes a bow. Continue.

 Pass the Vampire Bat: Supplies: one straw for each child / bat shapes cut out of

tissue paper. How To Play: Divide the class into 2 teams and line up each team.

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Students pass the tissue bats down the line, teammate to teammate, by inhaling and

exhaling on the straw to hang onto or release the ornament. No hands! The first

team to successfully pass the bats up and down the line wins!

 Pin The Tail on the Black Cat: This is a take on 'pin the tail on the donkey'. Put a

picture of a tail-less black cat on the wall, blindfold the students, spin them around

and see if they can pin the tail in the right place. The nearest wins a prize/points.

 Play Doh Fun: make jack-o-lanterns, witches, other characters, etc.

Wrap Up:

1. Assign Homework: We have a number of worksheets on our website - select the

worksheet which you think best suits the age / level of your class.

2. Do your usual end of class routine (tidy up, put away things in their bags, sing "La

Canción de Adiós", etc.

3. As each student goes to the door to leave the classroom show them a flashcard and

elicit the word (e.g. zombi) and ask the student to do the sound and action. If they get

the word right, they can leave. If wrong, they have to go to the back of the line and try

again.

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