Introduction
It’s time to discover the story of Halloween! People celebrate it in October 31st.
IT IS THE SCARIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR! THIS IS HALLOWEEN, THIS IS HALLOWEEN!
Task
Your mission today is to create a script to talk about Halloween in the Radio Studio Inauguration!
Click on the 'Process' section to see what you need to do.
The 'Evaluation' section contains an evaluation rubric.
Finally, the 'Teacher Page' has a lot of useful websites to complete your work!
Process
| 1ST SESSION (OCTOBER 25TH, 2019) | 2ND SESSION (OCTOBER 28TH, 2019) |
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STEP 1: In pairs, complete this Halloween quiz! https://www.britannica.com/quiz/halloween Show me what you can do! STEP 2: In pairs, search for information about your topic. Use the links available on 'Teacher Page' section. STEP 3: Join the rest of your group and select the most important information. STEP 4: Prepare a final script. Make sure all of you talk in the speech. |
STEP 1: Play this halloween crossword! Look the unknown words in the dictionary! STEP 2: Watch this people recording a radio podcast: https://www.funkidslive.com/news/halloween-celebrate-dress-halloween-trick-treating/ STEP 3: Practise your part using 'Rotating Sheet' structure. Pay attention to rhythm and intonation of sentences! STEP 4: Discover how people celebrate Halloween around the world playing these Kahoot game: https://create.kahoot.it/details/halloween-around-the-world/fe353248-6492-4f76-97d5-240b2c0d71bc |
| SMALL GROUPS | PAIRS/TRIOS | TOPIC | |
| 1st Group | Adrián Arjonilla, Candela, Elena, Loli and Ezequiel |
Adrián Arjonilla and Loli Ezequiel, Candela and Elena |
THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN |
| 2nd Group | Antonio, María, Gloria and José |
José and Gloria Antonio and María |
JACK O'LANTERNS |
| 3rd Group | Rocío, Antonio Javier, Laura and Laure |
Rocío and Laure Antonio Javier and Laura |
THE HISTORY OF TRICK OR TREATING |
| 4th Group | Alejandro, Antonio Javier, Marina Granadino and Marina Gómez |
Alejandro and Marina Granadino Marina Gómez and Antonio Javier |
HALLOWEEN SUPERSTITIONS |
Evaluation
HEY, THIS IS A SECRET! THIS IS THE EVALUATION RUBRIC THAT YOUR TEACHER IS GOING TO USE!!! DON'T TELL ANYONE!
| FAIL | PASS | MERIT | OUTSTANDING | |
| Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) | Presents difficulties in utilizing ICTs to select information and create new knowledge | Utilizes ICTs in an adequate way to select information and create knowledge | Utilizes ICTs fluently to select information and create knowledge | Masters the utilization of ICTs to select, manage. discard information and create new knowledge |
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Social interaction |
Contributes little to the group work and shows little positive attitudes | Contributes adequately to the group work and shows acceptable attitudes towards others' opinions | Contributes to the group work and provides opinions and feedback on others' work | Contributes much to the group work, provides opinions and feedback and is capable of making decisions |
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Written production |
Expresses sentences with mistakes and shows little organization | Expresses sentences with acceptable spelling and punctuation but shows little organization | Produces sentences with acceptable spelling and organization | Produces sentences with little or no mistakes and shows coherence in his/her text |
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Oral presentation |
Articulates words with difficulty and is hardly understandable | Articulates words adequately and is understandable, although he/she makes some mistakes | Articulates words with little hesitation and is understandable | Articulates words with fluency and pays attention to intonation and rhythm |
Conclusion
Practise your script at home. You are going to do great!
You can also play some Halloween games here:
http://www.halloweenmountain.com/
Great job, guys! Well done!
Teacher Page
Here you have some websites to help you. They have useful information about your topics.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/category/topics/halloween
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/halloweenhistory.htm
http://projectbritain.com/Halloween.html
It’s going to be fun!